Caniah Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Caniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 81 | 1:15,968 | 3,377 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Caniah (174) may also be a first name.
Caniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Caniah is found most frequently in Mauritius. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caniah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Caniah is the 1,755,741st most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Caniah live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Caniah is also the 692,220th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 174 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 15,968. In Mauritius it is most prevalent in: Moka District, where 94 percent live, Grand Port District, where 5 percent live and Plaines Wilhems District, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritius this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Caniah
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