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 occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Caniah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caniah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,755,741st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is predominantly 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 frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 174 people.
The surname Caniah is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 15,968. In Mauritius it is mostly concentrated in: Moka District, where 94 percent are found, Grand Port District, where 5 percent are found and Plaines Wilhems District, where 1 percent are found. Barring Mauritius this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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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