Kankaiah Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Kankaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 102 | 1:7,520,249 | 162,050 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
Kankaiah (799) may also be a first name.
Kankaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankaiah (Marathi: कंकैह) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankaiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kankaiah is the 1,775,494th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Kankaiah live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kankaiah is also the 289,538th most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 799 people.
The surname Kankaiah is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 7,520,249. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 97 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent are found. Apart from India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankaiah in the Marathi language | ||
| कंकैह | kankaiha | 37.5 |
| कानकैह | kanakaiha | 12.5 |
| कंकैअह | kankai'aha | 12.5 |
| कानकैय | kanakaiya | 12.5 |
| कनकैह | kanakaiha | 12.5 |
| कनकै | kanakai | 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 Kankaiah
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