Kankali Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Kankali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4011:1,912,88166,545
England141:3,979,861125,553
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Kankali (300) may also be a first name.

Kankali Last Name Facts

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

Kankali (Hindi: कंकाली, Marathi: कंकाली, Oriya: ଳି) is found most in India. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankali? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 676,370th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Kankali live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kankali is also the 508,767th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 300 people.

The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 401 people, or 1 in 1,912,881. In India it is primarily found in: Karnataka, where 57 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 27 percent reside and Telangana, where 14 percent reside. Excluding India this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kankali Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kankali in the Marathi language
कंकालीkankali80.74
कंकाळीkankali11.85
कनकलीkanakali5.93
कंकळीkankali1.48
Kankali in the Hindi language
कंकालीkankali47.06
कंकलीkankali35.29
कनकलीkanakali11.76
कांकलीkankali5.88
Kankali in the Oriya language
ଳିli39.13
କାଳିkali17.39
ଲିli17.39
କାାଳିkaali13.04
କାଲିkali8.7
ଦହରୀdahari4.35

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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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  • 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 Kankali
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