Kanakiya Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Kanakiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 270 | 1:2,840,983 | 86,804 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Kanakiya (27) may also be a first name.
Kanakiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanakiya (Hindi: कनकिया, Marathi: कनािकया) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanakiya is the 872,430th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname Kanakiya occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kanakiya are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kanakiya is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous given name internationally, held by 27 people.
Kanakiya is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 270 people, or 1 in 2,840,983. In India Kanakiya is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 88 percent reside, Gujarat, where 7 percent reside and Karnataka, where 0 percent reside. Barring India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanakiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanakiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कनकिया | kanakiya | 66.67 |
| कनकीया | kanakiya | 33.33 |
| Kanakiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कनािकया | kanaikaya | 31.85 |
| कनाकीया | kanakiya | 20 |
| कणिकया | kanikaya | 9.63 |
| कानिकया | kanikaya | 8.89 |
| कनिकया | kanikaya | 6.67 |
| काणकीया | kanakiya | 5.93 |
| कानाकीया | kanakiya | 4.44 |
| कानािकया | kanaikaya | 3.7 |
| कणािकया | kanaikaya | 2.96 |
| कानकीया | kanakiya | 1.48 |
| तानकय | tanakaya | 1.48 |
| काणािकया | kanaikaya | 1.48 |
| कणकीया | kanakiya | 0.74 |
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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 Kanakiya
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