Kanky Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Kanky Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 134 | 1:136,956 | 3,674 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kanky (13) may also be a first name.
Kanky Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanky Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanky (Hindi: कन्क्या) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanky? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanky is the 1,497,948th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname Kanky occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kanky live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanky is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 136,956. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 79 percent live, Centre Region, where 10 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Kanky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kanky has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kanky surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanky Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanky in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्क्या | kankya | - |
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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 Kanky
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