Kanket Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kanket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1401:504,56087,939
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Kanket (209) may also be a first name.

Kanket Last Name Facts

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

Kanket (Marathi: संकेत) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanket? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanket is the 1,471,719th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Kanket is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanket live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 625,736th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 209 people.

This last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 504,560. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Bangkok, where 39 percent reside, Surat Thani Province, where 26 percent reside and Songkhla Province, where 10 percent reside. Not including Thailand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kankhet92101/
Kangket9229/
Kankete9227/
Khanket9219/
Keanket924/
Kankeat921/
Khankhet86906/
Kankit83214/
Konket8347/
Kanked833/
Khangkhet80100/
Khaenkhet804/
Khankhett801/
Kongket77368/
Cankett7737/
Kamkhet779/
Kangkit777/
Kankead774/
Kanchet774/
Kankhit774/
Kaunkit771/
Koonket771/
Khamkhet71399/
Khongket7134/
Kangkead714/
Khankhed711/
Khangkit711/
Khaunkit711/
Kongkiet711/
Kongkhet711/
Kongketh711/
Kongkeat711/
Kankhiot711/
Khanchet711/
Kongkeit711/
Konkit67231/
Cankit67128/
Khaengkit6768/
Khongkhet6715/
Koncet6713/
Cancet677/
Kamked673/
Kankid671/
Canked671/
Kanq'ethe671/
Khangkhit671/

Kanket Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanket in the Marathi language
संकेतsanketa50
कंकेतkanketa50

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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 Kanket
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