Kankau Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kankau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kankau (28) may also be a first name.
Kankau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankau (Hindi: कन्कऊ) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankau? popularity and diffusion
Kankau is the 3,100,440th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Kankau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kankau live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
The last name Kankau is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Kankau is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 82 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside and Kaduna, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Kankau exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankau in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्कऊ | kanka'u | 50 |
| कनकाउ | kanaka'u | 50 |
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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 Kankau
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