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
Kankane (Hindi: कनकने, Marathi: कंकणे) is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 488,996th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,748,593 people. The surname Kankane is predominantly 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 used first name on earth, borne by 93 people.
It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 55,468. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 92 percent live, Maradi Region, where 6 percent live and Agadez Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Niger Kankane exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 45 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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