Kankura Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kankura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kankura (34) may also be a first name.
Kankura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kankura (Hindi: कंकुरा, Russian: Канкура) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kankura are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 34 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 44 percent are found, Sokoto, where 28 percent are found and Osun, where 22 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankoura | 93 | 9 | / |
| Kankurah | 93 | 6 | / |
| Kasinkura | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kancura | 86 | 226 | / |
| Kankuri | 86 | 203 | / |
| Cankura | 86 | 111 | / |
| Kankure | 86 | 58 | / |
| Kankuro | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kankira | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kankora | 86 | 2 | / |
| Khankure | 80 | 106 | / |
| Kankiray | 80 | 68 | / |
| Kamkurah | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kankuroo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kankoray | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kancoura | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kankutre | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kankuuri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khankhure | 75 | 20 | / |
| Khangkora | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kounkoura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kankourou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konkuri | 71 | 287 | / |
| Kankore | 71 | 139 | / |
| Konkora | 71 | 48 | / |
| Koncura | 71 | 26 | / |
| Kankoro | 71 | 18 | / |
| Cancura | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kankori | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kankiro | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cankuri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamkure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cankira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Konkira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Konkure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamkure | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kaamkuri | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kangkore | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kankoore | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kamkuroo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kaincuri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangkiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konkouri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kancouri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kancoray | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kankirho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khonkira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kainkoro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamkuuri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konkurohova | 67 | 1 | / |
Kankura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kankura in the Hindi language | ||
| कंकुरा | kankura | 85.71 |
| कांकुरा | kankura | 14.29 |
| Kankura in the Russian language | ||
| Канкура | kankura | - |
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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 Kankura
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