Kankane Surname
Approximately 678 people bear this surname
Kankane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 346 | 1:55,468 | 2,712 |
| India | 307 | 1:2,498,584 | 79,775 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kankane (93) may also be a first name.
Kankane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankane (Hindi: कनकने, Marathi: कंकणे) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kankane is the 488,996th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,748,593 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kankane reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 986,211th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 93 people.
The surname Kankane is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 55,468. In Niger it is most common in: Zinder Region, where 92 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 6 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Niger it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 45 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankane in the Hindi language | ||
| कनकने | kanakane | - |
| Kankane in the Marathi language | ||
| कंकणे | kankane | 67.57 |
| कंकने | kankane | 10.81 |
| कणकणे | kanakane | 5.41 |
| कंकाने | kankane | 5.41 |
| कांकणे | kankane | 5.41 |
| कांकाणे | kankane | 2.7 |
| कांकने | kankane | 2.7 |
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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 Kankane
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