Kanhekar Surname

201,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Kanhekar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanhekar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,0461:374,91020,124
Qatar221:107,18211,536
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kanhekar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanhekar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kanhekar (Marathi: कान्हेकर) has its highest incidence in India. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanhekar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 201,090th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 3,513,764 people. Kanhekar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanhekar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 2,046 people, or 1 in 374,910. In India Kanhekar is most common in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent are found, Delhi, where 0 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent are found. Beside India Kanhekar is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanhekar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanhekar in the Marathi language
कान्हेकरkanhekara85.86
कन्हेकरkanhekara7.59
हेकरhekara3.59
कन्हेकारkanhekara0.34
काणेकरkanekara0.28
शंकरsankara0.28
कण्हेकरkanhekara0.28
मनोहरmanohara0.21
्हेकरhekara0.14
कानेकरkanekara0.14
हेेकरheekara0.07
हेरकरherakara0.07
कुरेकरkurekara0.03
बाहेकरbahekara0.03

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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 Kanhekar
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