Kankaye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kankaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kankaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﺎﻱ) is most common in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Kankaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The last name Kankaye is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻜﺎﻱ | knkay | - |
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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 Kankaye
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