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
The last name Kankana (Bengali: কঙ্কনা, Hindi: कनकना, Marathi: कंकना, Oriya: େସନ, Russian: Канкана) is most common in The DR Congo. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kankana is the 152,509th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,526,012 people. Kankana 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. It is also the 141,565th most widespread first name globally, held by 2,680 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,825 people, or 1 in 26,152. Without taking into account The DR Congo Kankana exists in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Kankana
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