Kanaiy Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Kanaiy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 622 | 1:1,233,224 | 49,162 |
| Nepal | 24 | 1:1,186,706 | 6,523 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
Kanaiy (2,022) may also be a first name.
Kanaiy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaiy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanaiy (Hindi: कनईया, Marathi: कनैया) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaiy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanaiy is the 503,100th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. Kanaiy is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanaiy reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 167,977th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 2,022 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 622 people, or 1 in 1,233,224. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 99 percent are found, Chandigarh, where 0 percent are found and Haryana, where 0 percent are found. Besides India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 4 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanaiy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanaiy in the Marathi language | ||
| कनैया | kanaiya | 75 |
| कनैय | kanaiya | 25 |
| Kanaiy in the Hindi language | ||
| कनईया | kana'iya | 50 |
| कनेजिय | kanejiya | 25 |
| कनईय | kana'iya | 25 |
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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 Kanaiy
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