Baniy Surname
Approximately 28,422 people bear this surname
Baniy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 28,115 | 1:1,013 | 171 |
| India | 295 | 1:2,600,222 | 81,894 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Baniy (1,399) may also be a first name.
Baniy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baniy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baniy (Hindi: बणीया, Marathi: बािनय) occurs more in Nepal more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baniy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Baniy is the 19,338th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 256,405 people. The last name Baniy is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Baniy live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 209,078th most common first name globally. It is borne by 1,399 people.
The surname Baniy is most widely held in Nepal, where it is carried by 28,115 people, or 1 in 1,013. In Nepal Baniy is most numerous in: Lumbini, where 43 percent live, Narayani, where 18 percent live and Bagmati, where 10 percent live. Aside from Nepal this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baniy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baniy in the Marathi language | ||
| बािनय | bainaya | 75 |
| बनीय | baniya | 25 |
| Baniy in the Hindi language | ||
| बणीया | baniya | 50 |
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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 Baniy
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