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 held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kankay is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Kankay are found; 56 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 49 people.
The last name Kankay is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Kankay is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 80 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 20 percent live. Aside from India Kankay exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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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