Kankoa Surname
Approximately 564 people bear this surname
Kankoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 562 | 1:32,655 | 1,788 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kankoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kankoa is found most in Burkina Faso. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankoa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 562,135th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,921,181 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankoa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kankoa is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 562 people, or 1 in 32,655. In Burkina Faso Kankoa is most common in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 96 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 2 percent are found and Nord Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kankoa
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