Kankala Surname

165,800th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Kankala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,5861:483,64824,559
Burkina Faso7851:23,3781,511
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Finland601:91,6129,588
Zambia181:880,55128,935
Liberia61:734,75629,369
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Kankala (470) may also be a first name.

Kankala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kankala (Georgian: კანკალა, Hindi: कंकाला, Marathi: कनकला, Russian: Канкала) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 165,800th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,790,025 people. The last name Kankala is predominantly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Kankala are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kankala is also the 392,739th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 470 people.

It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 1,586 people, or 1 in 483,648. In India Kankala is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 77 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found. Excluding India this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kankala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kankala in the Georgian language
კანკალაkankala-
Kankala in the Hindi language
कंकालाkankala78.38
कनकलाkanakala10.81
कंकलाkankala8.11
कांकलाkankala2.7
Kankala in the Marathi language
कनकलाkanakala25.93
कंकालाkankala22.22
कंकलाkankala14.81
कंकाळाkankala14.81
कंकाळkankala14.81
कंकाऴाkankala7.41
Kankala in the Russian language
Канкалаkankala-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kankala
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