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
Kanky (Hindi: कन्क्या) is most common in Burkina Faso. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanky? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,497,948th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kanky reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanky is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The surname Kanky is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 136,956. In Burkina Faso Kanky is most prevalent in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 79 percent are found, Centre Region, where 10 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso Kanky occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Kanky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kanky has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kanky surname fell 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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