Kanay Surname
Approximately 2,634 people bear this surname
Kanay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,196 | 1:641,359 | 30,374 |
| Turkey | 665 | 1:117,025 | 9,806 |
| Algeria | 200 | 1:193,158 | 23,303 |
| Kazakhstan | 149 | 1:118,674 | 12,601 |
| Philippines | 109 | 1:928,791 | 82,877 |
| Thailand | 100 | 1:706,383 | 117,076 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 36 | 1:165,907 | 17,348 |
| Israel | 36 | 1:237,712 | 22,042 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Northern Cyprus | 14 | 1:22,786 | 5,518 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Kanay (1,173) may also be a first name.
Kanay Demographics
Average Kanay Salary in
United States
$57,578 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanay (Bengali: কনায়, Hindi: कानया, Marathi: कनाय, Oriya: କନାୟ, Russian: Канай, Tibetan: ཀ་ནེ་) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 164,632nd most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,766,722 people. The last name Kanay is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Kanay are found; 45 percent are found in South Asia and 45 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kanay is also the 231,872nd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,173 people.
The surname Kanay is most common in India, where it is held by 1,196 people, or 1 in 641,359. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Maharashtra, where 0 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 25 percent live and Algeria, where 8 percent live.
Kanay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kanay has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kanay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
Kanay earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.44% more than the national average, earning $57,578 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ནེ་ | kané | - |
| Kanay in the Bengali language | ||
| কনায় | kanaya | - |
| Kanay in the Oriya language | ||
| କନାୟ | kanaya | 85.71 |
| କାନାୟ | kanaya | 14.29 |
| Kanay in the Marathi language | ||
| कनाय | kanaya | 38.46 |
| कनय | kanaya | 23.08 |
| कानाय | kanaya | 19.23 |
| कानय | kanaya | 7.69 |
| कन्या | kan'ya | 7.69 |
| कणय | kanaya | 3.85 |
| Kanay in the Hindi language | ||
| कानया | kanaya | 33.33 |
| कानय | kanaya | 16.67 |
| कन्यावती | kan'yavati | 16.67 |
| कनया् | kanaya | 16.67 |
| कनय | kanaya | 16.67 |
| Kanay in the Russian language | ||
| Канай | kanaj | - |
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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 Kanay
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