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 more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaiy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 503,100th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanaiy live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kanaiy is also the 167,977th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 2,022 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 622 people, or 1 in 1,233,224. In India Kanaiy is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 99 percent are found, Chandigarh, where 0 percent are found and Haryana, where 0 percent are found. Apart from India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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