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) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanky? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanky is the 1,497,948th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name Kanky is primarily found 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 numerous given name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 136,956. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 79 percent reside, Centre Region, where 10 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso Kanky occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
Kanky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kanky has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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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