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 carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kankane is the 488,996th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,748,593 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kankane are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Kankane is also the 986,211th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 93 people.
The last name Kankane is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 55,468. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 92 percent live, Maradi Region, where 6 percent live and Agadez Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Niger it is found in 11 countries. It is also found 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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