Canka
Canka is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Abramo Canka (born 2002), Italian basketball player *Līna Čanka (1893–1981), Latvian corporal *Mikel Canka (born 1987), Albanian footballer See also *Kanka (name) Kanka is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Edvin Kanka Ćudić (born 1988), Bosnian human rights activist *František Maxmilián Kaňka (1674–1766), Czech architect and builder *Megan Kanka The murder of Megan N ...

Mikel Canka
Mikel Canka (born 18 February 1987) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lushnja in the Kategoria e Parë. Club career Canka left his hometown club Lushnja following their relegation from the Kategoria Superiore and signed a three-year contract with newly promoted side Apolonia on 10 June 2014. In 2015, during the winter transfer window, Canka left Apolonia after only half season to rejoin Lushnja until the end of 2014–15 season. In July 2015, Canka left Lushnja and signed a one-year contract with fellow Kategoria e Parë side Luftëtari. During the 2015–16 season, Canka played 25 league matches, scoring 15 goals, as Luftëtari won the Group B and achieved the promotion to Kategoria Superiore. In August 2016, Canka returned to Lushnja for a third time, and made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season on 26 September in the opening day against Tomori. On 18 October he scored a hat-trick, including first goals of the season in Lushnj ...
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Abramo Canka
Abramo Canka (born Abramo Penè; 18 March 2002) is an Italian college basketball player for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He began his college career with one season with the UCLA Bruins, before transferring to Wake Forest. Early life and youth career Born in Genoa, Italy, to a Senegalese father and a Kosovo Albanian mother, Canka grew up playing basketball for Tigullio Sport Team Ligure. In 2016, he joined the youth academy of Serie B club Stella Azzurra Roma. In 2018, Canka joined the Roseto Sharks youth program. In January 2020, Canka played for Stella Azzurra's under-18 team at the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in Munich, where he helped the team reach the final and was named to the all-tournament team. He averaged 16.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals in four games. Professional career Canka started the 2019–20 season with Stella Azzurra Roma in the third-tier Serie B. He made his first and only appearan ...
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Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ...
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Līna Čanka
Līna Čanka was a Latvian Corporal of World War I and Latvian War of Independence. She was within the under the pseudonym of "Jānis Čanka" and was known as the first woman to be a recipient of the Order of Lāčplēsis, the highest military award of Latvia. Military career Līna Čanka was born on November 5, 1893 in a agricultural family of the farm "Mežziles" within the vicinity of the Renda Parish with 4 sisters and 1 brother. At the beginning of World War I, her family went as refugees to Ukraine, but Līna stayed in Riga where with her deceased brother's documents and the nickname "Jānis", she voluntarily joined the Latvian Riflemen. She then enlisted in the and participated in all the battles of the regiment on the Riga front. During the war, she'd often repeat the ohrase: After her true sex was revealed in 1915, she continued to serve within the Pavasaru manor in Sloka and despite being wounded, she remained remained in the frontlines and continued the battle ...
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