Kankinya Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kankinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kankinya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia391:406,40820,045
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kankinya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kankinya is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kankinya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankinya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankinya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 406,408. In Zambia it is most common in: North-Western Province, where 90 percent reside and Central Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaunkinya943/
Kankenya885/
Kankunja752/
Kongkunya717/
Konchinya711/
Kanchenya711/
Canchigna5952/
Canchinia595/
Canchignia56734/
Cancinio502/

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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 Kankinya
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