Kankaj Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Kankaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kankaj (63) may also be a first name.
Kankaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kankaj (Bengali: কনকজ, Hindi: कंकज, Marathi: कंकज) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankaj? popularity and diffusion
Kankaj is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kankaj reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kankaj is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 63 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Outside of The DR Congo Kankaj occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankaj in the Hindi language | ||
| कंकज | kankaja | - |
| Kankaj in the Marathi language | ||
| कंकज | kankaja | 75 |
| कनकज | kanakaja | 25 |
| Kankaj in the Bengali language | ||
| কনকজ | kanakaja | 50 |
| কঙ্কজ | kankaja | 50 |
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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 Kankaj
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