Kankam Surname
Approximately 15,731 people bear this surname
Kankam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 14,547 | 1:1,857 | 312 |
| India | 437 | 1:1,755,298 | 62,846 |
| Thailand | 200 | 1:353,192 | 61,534 |
| United States | 185 | 1:1,959,237 | 126,399 |
| England | 116 | 1:480,328 | 31,110 |
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kankam (1,511) may also be a first name.
Kankam Demographics
Average Kankam Salary in
United States
$41,143 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kankam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kankam (Hindi: आर, Marathi: कनकम, Oriya: କାାମ, Russian: Канкам) is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 33,743rd most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 463,260 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kankam are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kankam is also the 199,883rd most common first name at a global level It is held by 1,511 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 14,547 people, or 1 in 1,857. Without taking into account Ghana Kankam exists in 32 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Kankam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kankam last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Kankam earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 54.21% less than the national average, earning R 108,816 per year; in United States they earn 4.65% less than the national average, earning $41,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.77% less than the national average, earning $39,860 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankam in the Hindi language | ||
| आर | ara | - |
| Kankam in the Oriya language | ||
| କାାମ | kaama | - |
| Kankam in the Marathi language | ||
| कनकम | kanakama | 69.84 |
| कंकम | kankama | 11.9 |
| कन्कम | kankama | 6.35 |
| कनकाम | kanakama | 3.17 |
| कांकम | kankama | 3.17 |
| कनेकम | kanekama | 1.59 |
| Kankam in the Russian language | ||
| Канкам | kankam | - |
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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 Kankam
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