Kankiah Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Kankiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Kankiah (10) may also be a first name.

Kankiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kankiah occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankiah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Kankiah are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent forename on earth, borne by 10 people.

Kankiah is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Kankiah is mostly found in: Texas, where 100 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 17 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kankia921,027/
Kankhia8697/
Kaankia862/
Kangkia861/
Kankiho861/
Kankiap861/
Kankaiya8010/
Kankya77470/
Kamkia7778/
Konkia7730/
Kankea770/
Kankaaiya753/
Kankkio7114/
Kankeao7111/
Kankyap715/
Kamkiat713/
Konkiat713/
Kongkia711/
Khangkio6753/
Kankayya6742/
Kongkiap674/
Kongkiad672/
Keankeao671/
Khankeao671/
Khongkia671/
Khamkiat671/
Khamkiad671/
Kankhiot671/
Quankeah671/

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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 Kankiah
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