Kankeya Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Kankeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kankeya (28) may also be a first name.
Kankeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankeya (Marathi: कानेिलया, Oriya: େକୟା) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kankeya is the 3,665,662nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kankeya reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 660,413. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kankeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankeya in the Marathi language | ||
| कानेिलया | kaneilaya | 50 |
| कनकेया | kanakeya | 50 |
| Kankeya in the Oriya language | ||
| େକୟା | ekaya | 33.33 |
| କେ | ke | 33.33 |
| କଂେକୟା | kamekaya | 33.33 |
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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 Kankeya
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