Kokanya Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kokanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kokanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3491:211,68920,903
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kokanya (24) may also be a first name.

Kokanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kokanya (Hindi: कोकन्या, Marathi: कोकण्या) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kokanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kokanya is the 801,116th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name Kokanya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kokanya reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 24 people.

The last name Kokanya is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 349 people, or 1 in 211,689. Not including The DR Congo Kokanya occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kokanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kokanya in the Hindi language
कोकन्याkokan'ya-
Kokanya in the Marathi language
कोकण्याkokanya53.33
कोकन्याkokan'ya46.67

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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 Kokanya
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