Kankay Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Kankay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kankay (49) may also be a first name.
Kankay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kankay (Hindi: कन्कया, Russian: Канькай) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Kankay is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Kankay reside; 56 percent reside in South Asia and 56 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kankay is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 49 people.
The last name Kankay is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 80 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 20 percent live. Aside from India Kankay is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 22 percent live and Liberia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankay in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्कया | kankaya | - |
| Kankay in the Russian language | ||
| Канькай | kankaj | - |
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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 Kankay
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