Kanakia Surname

544,093rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 589 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Kanakia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanakia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4801:1,598,05358,900
United States401:9,061,473385,835
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kanakia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanakia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kanakia (Hindi: कनकिा, Marathi: कनािकया, Oriya: କନକିଆ) is found most in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanakia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanakia is the 544,093rd most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,372,743 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kanakia reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 480 people, or 1 in 1,598,053. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 81 percent reside, West Bengal, where 3 percent reside and Delhi, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent reside.

Kanakia Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kanakia last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kanakia earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.87% more than the national average, earning $54,312 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanakia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanakia in the Hindi language
कनकिाkanakia-
Kanakia in the Oriya language
କନକିଆkanaki'a66.67
ଦିନବୁକନକିଆdinabukanaki'a33.33
Kanakia in the Marathi language
कनािकयाkanaikaya26.37
कानकीयाkanakiya18.68
कनाकीयाkanakiya16.48
कनकीयाkanakiya7.69
काणकरkanakara5.49
कानक्यkanakya5.49
काणकीयाkanakiya4.4
कानक्याkanakya2.2
कानािकयाkanaikaya2.2
कनािजयाkanaijaya2.2
कनाजीयाkanajiya1.1
कनिकkanika1.1
कनािलयाkanailaya1.1
कानाकीयाkanakiya1.1
कनाकkanaka1.1
कानकkanaka1.1
कानाकkanaka1.1
कनकेkanake1.1

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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 Kanakia
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