Kanma Surname
Approximately 1,999 people bear this surname
Kanma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,167 | 1:15,726 | 1,206 |
| Thailand | 512 | 1:137,966 | 21,460 |
| Turkey | 120 | 1:648,512 | 34,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kanma (332) may also be a first name.
Kanma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanma (Hindi: कंमा, Marathi: कँमा, Oriya: କଣ) is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 207,153rd most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,645,596 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Kanma live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanma is also the 480,499th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 332 people.
Kanma is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 1,167 people, or 1 in 15,726. In Burkina Faso Kanma is primarily found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 87 percent live, Centre Region, where 10 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 26 percent live and Turkey, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanma in the Oriya language | ||
| କଣ | kana | - |
| Kanma in the Marathi language | ||
| कँमा | kamma | - |
| Kanma in the Hindi language | ||
| कंमा | kamma | 71.93 |
| कांमा | kamma | 8.77 |
| कनमा | kanama | 7.02 |
| कान्मा | kanma | 7.02 |
| कन्मा | kanma | 5.26 |
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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 Kanma
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