Kangra Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Kangra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 246 | 1:3,118,152 | 92,229 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Kangra (31) may also be a first name.
Kangra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kangra (Hindi: कांगडा, Marathi: कागरा, Tibetan: རྐང་ར།) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kangra.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangra? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 980,795th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kangra reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 31 people.
It is most common in India, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 3,118,152. In India it is most numerous in: Delhi, where 39 percent live, Punjab, where 30 percent live and Uttarkhand, where 5 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kangra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kangra in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྐང་ར། | kangra | - |
| Kangra in the Marathi language | ||
| कागरा | kagara | - |
| Kangra in the Hindi language | ||
| कांगडा | kangada | 62.5 |
| कांगरा | kangara | 12.5 |
| कांगडा़ | kangada | 12.5 |
| कागडा | kagada | 12.5 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kangra
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