Kankana Surname

152,509th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,885 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kankana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2,8251:26,1523,288
India211:36,526,923420,161
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

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 held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 152,509th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,526,012 people. Kankana is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kankana are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kankana is also the 141,565th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,680 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,825 people, or 1 in 26,152. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kankana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kankana in the Oriya language
େସନesana-
Kankana in the Bengali language
কঙ্কনাkankana91.18
কনকনাkanakana2.94
কণকনাkanakana2.94
কঙ্কণাkankana2.94
Kankana in the Marathi language
कंकनाkankana75
कंकणाkankana16.67
कंकणkankana8.33
Kankana in the Hindi language
कनकनाkanakana42.86
कंकनाkankana38.1
कंकणाkankana14.29
कंकानाkankana4.76
Kankana in the Russian language
Канканаkankana-

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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 Kankana
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