Kankan Surname
Approximately 1,105 people bear this surname
Kankan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 203 | 1:872,624 | 38,134 |
| India | 170 | 1:4,512,149 | 117,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 120 | 1:67,948 | 8,868 |
| Turkey | 113 | 1:688,685 | 35,465 |
| Indonesia | 95 | 1:1,392,097 | 95,389 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| Ivory Coast | 57 | 1:404,758 | 13,812 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Japan | 41 | 1:3,118,153 | 33,477 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Kankan (14,594) may also be a first name.
Kankan Demographics
Average Kankan Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kankan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kankan (Bengali: কঙ্কন, Hindi: कंकन, Marathi: कंकन, Oriya: ଗାଇନ, Russian: Канкан) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kankan is the 334,183rd most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,595,064 people. Kankan is primarily found in Asia, where 47 percent of Kankan are found; 33 percent are found in West Africa and 28 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kankan is also the 47,304th most widely held first name globally, held by 14,594 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 872,624. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 33 percent live, Ogun, where 18 percent live and Bayelsa, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
Kankan Last Name Statistics demography
Kankan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankan in the Bengali language | ||
| কঙ্কন | kankana | 78.13 |
| কংকন | kankana | 8.33 |
| কঙ্কণ | kankana | 5.21 |
| কনকন | kanakana | 4.17 |
| কন্্কন্্ | kankan | 1.04 |
| কন্কন্ | kankan | 1.04 |
| কন্কন | kankana | 1.04 |
| কণকণ | kanakana | 1.04 |
| Kankan in the Hindi language | ||
| कंकन | kankana | 66.17 |
| कनकन | kanakana | 20.9 |
| कंकण | kankana | 5.97 |
| कंकङ | kankana | 1.49 |
| कन्कन | kankana | 1.49 |
| कंकड | kankada | 1 |
| कांकन | kankana | 1 |
| कानकान | kanakana | 0.5 |
| कनकं | kanakam | 0.5 |
| कंकर | kankara | 0.5 |
| कन्कण | kankana | 0.5 |
| Kankan in the Marathi language | ||
| कंकन | kankana | 35.48 |
| कंकण | kankana | 27.42 |
| कनकन | kanakana | 17.74 |
| कांकन | kankana | 11.29 |
| कांकण | kankana | 6.45 |
| कणकण | kanakana | 1.61 |
| Kankan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଇନ | ga'ina | 12.5 |
| ସାନା | sana | 12.5 |
| କନକନ | kanakana | 12.5 |
| ସରକାର | sarakara | 12.5 |
| କଂକନ | kankana | 12.5 |
| ବାନାଜର୍ୀ | banajari | 12.5 |
| ଚକବର୍ୀ | cakabari | 12.5 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 12.5 |
| Kankan in the Russian language | ||
| Канкан | kankan | - |
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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 Kankan
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