Kankoane Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Kankoane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 310 | 1:59,200 | 2,441 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kankoane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankoane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankoane is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kankoane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankoane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 866,642nd most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankoane are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 59,200. In Burkina Faso Kankoane is primarily found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 95 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent reside and Nord Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankouane | 94 | 135 | / |
| Kankkoane | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kankoan | 93 | 42 | / |
| Kankouan | 88 | 5,266 | / |
| Konkoane | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kancouan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamkouan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konkouan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kankauan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khamkhouane | 74 | 4 | / |
| Khankauan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qhamkoane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kounkouani | 67 | 2 | / |
| Konkouon | 63 | 1 | / |
| Keunkouon | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kounkouong | 56 | 1 | / |
| Cancaon | 53 | 1 | / |
| Concoan | 53 | 0 | / |
| Concoana | 50 | 2 | / |
| Cangcoam | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kankoane
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