Kanikani Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Kanikani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanikani (13) may also be a first name.
Kanikani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanikani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanikani is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanikani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kanikani live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kanikani is also the 3,159,357th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 270,846. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 46 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanikanit | 94 | 3 | / |
| Kaniskani | 94 | 1 | / |
| Khanikhani | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kanikana | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kanaikeni | 82 | 14 | / |
| Kanukanyi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kaunikeni | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kaniekonyi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kannekanyi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanekane | 75 | 132 | / |
| Canicani | 75 | 29 | / |
| Kanukeni | 75 | 21 | / |
| Kenikeni | 75 | 11 | / |
| Konikoni | 75 | 6 | / |
| Konikana | 75 | 4 | / |
| Konikeni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konikane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanekeni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanekanna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koinikoini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qanykeni | 63 | 1 | / |
| Conikane | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kannukene | 59 | 16 | / |
| Kenekene | 50 | 88 | / |
| Konukani | 50 | 12 | / |
| Kanukani | 50 | 9 | / |
| Konekone | 50 | 3 | / |
| Canekana | 50 | 1 | / |
| Canecana | 50 | 1 | / |
| Konecani | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kanikani
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