Kanks Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kanks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Kanks (10) may also be a first name.

Kanks Last Name Facts

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

Kanks (Russian: Канкс) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Kanks are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kanks is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Kanks is primarily found in: Texas, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside.

Kanks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kanks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kanks last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanksh912/
Konks80158/
Kancs8058/
Kangs809/
Canks804/
Kankz800/
Kangse735/
Kohnks733/
Konkgs731/
Cankcs731/
Kaungs731/
Kang's731/
Kaings730/
Koinks730/
Kõks6752/
Kangshe672/
Kanquse671/
Kangshh671/

Kanks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanks in the Russian language
Канксkanks-

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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 Kanks
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