Kenkar Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Kenkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India311:24,744,045333,161
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Kenkar (37) may also be a first name.

Kenkar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kenkar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kenkar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﺎﺭ, Hindi: केनकर, Marathi: केनकर) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenkar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,979,664th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kenkar are found; 74 percent are found in South Asia and 72 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 37 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 24,744,045. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 81 percent reside, Karnataka, where 3 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 3 percent reside. Apart from India Kenkar exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 21 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenkare92537/
Kengkar925/
Kienkar921/
Kenkair920/
Kengkard867/
Kenkhare865/
Kennkare862/
Kinkar833,701/
Cenkar8393/
Kencar8327/
Kenkor833/
Knkhar831/
Kaenkor7770/
Kinkare775/
Kenkour775/
Kingkar774/
Kinkard772/
Knkhare772/
Kinnkar771/
Kuinkar771/
Kengkor771/
Cnkar739/
Chenkhar714/
Chennkar713/
Kinkhard712/
Kinkhart711/
Khnkhare711/
Kinkor67156/
Cinkar67131/
Kynkor6749/
Kincar674/
Ceńkar671/
Kinkhardt671/

Kenkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kenkar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻨﻜﺎﺭknkar-
Kenkar in the Hindi language
केनकरkenakara-
Kenkar in the Marathi language
केनकरkenakara51.61
ककरkakara19.35
ककारkakara12.9
केणकरkenakara9.68
कनकरkanakara6.45

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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 Kenkar
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