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
Kanma (Hindi: कंमा, Marathi: कँमा, Oriya: କଣ) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanma is the 207,153rd most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,645,596 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Kanma are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanma is also the 480,499th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 332 people.
It is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 1,167 people, or 1 in 15,726. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 87 percent reside, Centre Region, where 10 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 26 percent reside and Turkey, where 6 percent reside.
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 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis