Kans Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Kans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 97 | 1:101,513 | 7,360 |
| United States | 92 | 1:3,939,771 | 214,590 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Netherlands | 53 | 1:318,626 | 37,214 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Kanś (1) are calculated separately.
Kans (2,557) may also be a first name.
Kans Demographics
Kans Political Affiliation
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Kans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kans (Hindi: कंस, Marathi: कंस, Oriya: କଂସ, Russian: Канс) is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kanś. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kans? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 602,749th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Kans reside; 27 percent reside in Northern Europe and 20 percent reside in Scandinavia. Kans is also the 145,693rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 2,557 people.
It is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 101,513. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Dalarna County, where 65 percent reside, Östergötland County, where 9 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Sweden this surname exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Kans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kans last name increased 438 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kans Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kans surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
Kans earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.12% more than the national average, earning $64,343 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kans Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kans in the Marathi language | ||
| कंस | kansa | - |
| Kans in the Hindi language | ||
| कंस | kansa | 81.75 |
| कन्स | kansa | 11.11 |
| कांस | kansa | 4.76 |
| Kans in the Oriya language | ||
| କଂସ | kansa | 66.67 |
| କଂସାଇଁ | kansa'im | 33.33 |
| Kans in the Russian language | ||
| Канс | kans | - |
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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 Kans
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