Kankava Surname

552,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Kankava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia4011:9,3412,077
Abkhazia731:3,327712
Russia471:3,066,448164,949
India251:30,682,615377,978
Ukraine221:2,069,213143,711
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Kankava (44) may also be a first name.

Kankava Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kankava Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kankava (Georgian: კანკავა, Hindi: कनकवा, Marathi: कांकवा, Russian: Канкава) occurs most in Georgia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankava? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kankava is the 552,088th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,608,211 people. Kankava occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Kankava reside; 82 percent reside in West Asia and 69 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 44 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Georgia, where it is borne by 401 people, or 1 in 9,341. In Georgia it is most prevalent in: Tbilisi, where 49 percent live, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 42 percent live and Imereti, where 3 percent live. Apart from Georgia this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Abkhazia, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.

Kankava Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kankava are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the A Just Russia Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kankava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kankava in the Georgian language
კანკავაkankava-
Kankava in the Hindi language
कनकवाkanakava-
Kankava in the Marathi language
कांकवाkankava80
कनकवाkanakava12
कन्कवाkankava2
कनकkanaka2
कानकवाkanakava2
कंकवाkankava2
Kankava in the Russian language
Канкаваkankava-

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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 Kankava
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