Kanko Surname
Approximately 14,596 people bear this surname
Kanko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 11,426 | 1:1,606 | 238 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Cameroon | 504 | 1:41,208 | 5,487 |
| Kenya | 215 | 1:214,790 | 15,294 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Finland | 74 | 1:74,280 | 8,184 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Turkey | 40 | 1:1,945,536 | 68,232 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Kankó (28) are calculated separately.
Kanko (7,881) may also be a first name.
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Kanko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanko (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﻮ, Hindi: कनको, Marathi: कंको, Russian: Канько) is most common in Burkina Faso. It may also occur as: Kankó. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanko? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,149th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 499,284 people. The last name Kanko is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kanko reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 71,801st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 7,881 people.
The surname Kanko is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 11,426 people, or 1 in 1,606. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 70 percent live, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 20 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 5 percent live. Other than Burkina Faso Kanko occurs in 48 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Kanko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kanko surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kanko earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.57% less than the national average, earning R 93,696 per year; in United States they earn 39.61% less than the national average, earning $26,056 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.51% more than the national average, earning $68,814 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanko in the Marathi language | ||
| कंको | kanko | 66.67 |
| कन्को | kanko | 33.33 |
| Kanko in the Hindi language | ||
| कनको | kanako | 56.25 |
| कंको | kanko | 18.75 |
| कांको | kanko | 12.5 |
| कन्को | kanko | 6.25 |
| कानको | kanako | 6.25 |
| Kanko in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻜﻮ | knkw | 50 |
| ﻛﻨﻚ | knk | 33.33 |
| ﻛﺎﻧﻜﻮ | kankw | 16.67 |
| Kanko in the Russian language | ||
| Канько | kanko | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kanko
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