Kankekar Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Kankekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 934 | 1:821,269 | 36,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kankekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kankekar (Marathi: कानकेकर) is found most frequently in India. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankekar? popularity and diffusion
Kankekar is the 379,929th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,760,965 people. The surname Kankekar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kankekar reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Kankekar is most common in India, where it is carried by 934 people, or 1 in 821,269. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 97 percent live, Telangana, where 1 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Not including India Kankekar occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanketkar | 94 | 3 | / |
| Khankekar | 94 | 3 | / |
| Kankakar | 88 | 12 | / |
| Kankikar | 88 | 6 | / |
| Kankokar | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kankykar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kamkekar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanchekar | 82 | 2 | / |
| Khankakar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kamkhedkar | 78 | 20 | / |
| Kancakar | 75 | 6 | / |
| Kancikar | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kamkhedkkar | 74 | 1 | / |
| Khamkhedkar | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kanchikar | 71 | 22 | / |
| Khancakar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khanchikar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kancikor | 63 | 3 | / |
| Cancakar | 63 | 1 | / |
| Koncikar | 63 | 1 | / |
| Konchikar | 59 | 6 | / |
| Khonchikar | 56 | 2 | / |
| Koncikor | 50 | 8 | / |
| Cancocar | 50 | 1 | / |
Kankekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankekar in the Marathi language | ||
| कानकेकर | kanakekara | 89.37 |
| कनकेकर | kanakekara | 3.7 |
| कणकेकर | kanakekara | 3.7 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.46 |
| कांकेकर | kankekara | 0.31 |
| काणकेकर | kanakekara | 0.31 |
| कानकेक | kanakeka | 0.15 |
| कानेटकर | kanetakara | 0.15 |
| कानीकेकर | kanikekara | 0.15 |
| काणेकर | kanekara | 0.15 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kankekar
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