Kankaiya Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kankaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kankaiya (85) may also be a first name.
Kankaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kankaiya (Hindi: कन्कैया, Marathi: कनकैया) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankaiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Kankaiya are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently held given name globally, held by 85 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 67 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 33 percent reside. Other than India it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankaaiya | 94 | 3 | / |
| Kankayya | 88 | 42 | / |
| Kankya | 86 | 470 | / |
| Cankaaiya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kankyap | 80 | 5 | / |
| Konkayya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kankia | 71 | 1,027 | / |
| Kankao | 71 | 222 | / |
| Kankyo | 71 | 65 | / |
| Konkya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Khamkaiao | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kankouaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kankea | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kankaeo | 67 | 2,789 | / |
| Kankoua | 67 | 692 | / |
| Kankhao | 67 | 235 | / |
| Kankhia | 67 | 97 | / |
| Kankkio | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kankeao | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kankaou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kankiah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kaankia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kangkao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangkia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kankiho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kankiap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konkyaa | 67 | 1 | / |
Kankaiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankaiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्कैया | kankaiya | - |
| Kankaiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कनकैया | kanakaiya | 77.59 |
| कंकैया | kankaiya | 13.79 |
| कंकईया | kanka'iya | 3.45 |
| कानकैया | kanakaiya | 1.72 |
| मंगैया | mangaiya | 1.72 |
| कान्कैया | kankaiya | 1.72 |
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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 Kankaiya
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