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.
Kanko Demographics
Average Kanko Salary in
United States
$26,056 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanko (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﻮ, Hindi: कनको, Marathi: कंको, Russian: Канько) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Kankó. For other possible spellings of Kanko click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanko? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanko is the 36,149th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 499,284 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 frequently used first name internationally It is held by 7,881 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 11,426 people, or 1 in 1,606. In Burkina Faso Kanko is primarily found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 70 percent are found, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 20 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Kanko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kanko are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political 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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- 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 Kanko
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