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All around the world, Kanaka (Kanak , Kanaka , Kanake ) is a widespread dominantly feminine, but uncommonly male first name. The first name Kanaka is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common largely girly, but seldom male name, Bangladesh, where it is quite a rare mostly boy's, but infrequently female name, and Kuwait, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Kanaka is the last name as well as the forename.
Ma, Laxmi, Thota, Nakka, Valli, Mandal, Mondal, Sarkar, Aikapa, Behera, Biswas, Prasad, Ratnam, Dasari, Apparao, Capapati, Bandaru, Pradhan, Rathnam, Lakshmi, Elatcumi, Mahalaxmi, Ghosh, Durga, Reddy, Pilli, Ka, Pa, Ta, Mal, Bai, Pal, Raj, Ray, Rao, Das, Mahalakshmi, Mani, Raju, Devi, Tara, Bagdi, Bauri, Karri, Katta, Kumar, Palli, Pilla, Para, and Satyanarayana