Malkanna Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Malkanna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malkanna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1451:5,290,106129,949
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malkanna (1,070) may also be a first name.

Malkanna Last Name Facts

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

Malkanna (Marathi: मलकांना) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malkanna? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malkanna is the 1,428,594th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Malkanna reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Malkanna is also the 244,495th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 1,070 people.

The surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 5,290,106. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 96 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent reside. Apart from India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malkanna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malkanna in the Marathi language
मलकांनाmalakanna15.38
मलकण्णाmalakanna15.38
मलकण्malakan15.38
कांनाkanna7.69
कंनाkanna7.69
माळकरmalakara7.69
मालकांनाmalakanna7.69
मलकंनाmalakanna7.69
मालकंनाmalakanna7.69
काण्णाkanna7.69

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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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  • 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 Malkanna
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