Kankana Surname
Approximately 2,885 people bear this surname
Kankana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,825 | 1:26,152 | 3,288 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Kankana (2,680) may also be a first name.
Kankana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kankana (Bengali: কঙ্কনা, Hindi: कनकना, Marathi: कंकना, Oriya: େସନ, Russian: Канкана) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kankana.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 152,509th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,526,012 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kankana live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kankana is also the 141,565th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 2,680 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,825 people, or 1 in 26,152. Not including The DR Congo this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankana in the Oriya language | ||
| େସନ | esana | - |
| Kankana in the Bengali language | ||
| কঙ্কনা | kankana | 91.18 |
| কনকনা | kanakana | 2.94 |
| কণকনা | kanakana | 2.94 |
| কঙ্কণা | kankana | 2.94 |
| Kankana in the Marathi language | ||
| कंकना | kankana | 75 |
| कंकणा | kankana | 16.67 |
| कंकण | kankana | 8.33 |
| Kankana in the Hindi language | ||
| कनकना | kanakana | 42.86 |
| कंकना | kankana | 38.1 |
| कंकणा | kankana | 14.29 |
| कंकाना | kankana | 4.76 |
| Kankana in the Russian language | ||
| Канкана | kankana | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kankana
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