Kanayya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kanayya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanayya (230) may also be a first name.
Kanayya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanayya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanayya (Hindi: कनय्या, Marathi: कनहैया, Russian: Канайя) occurs most in Malaysia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kanayya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanayya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Kanayya occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanayya live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 43 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 591,855th most common first name globally, held by 230 people.
Kanayya is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Perak, where 100 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent reside and Pakistan, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanayya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanayya in the Hindi language | ||
| कनय्या | kanayya | - |
| Kanayya in the Marathi language | ||
| कनहैया | kanahaiya | 14.29 |
| कन्यैया | kan'yaiya | 14.29 |
| कनया | kanaya | 14.29 |
| कन्याया | kan'yaya | 14.29 |
| कन्या | kan'ya | 14.29 |
| कनैया | kanaiya | 14.29 |
| कन्हैया | kanhaiya | 14.29 |
| Kanayya in the Russian language | ||
| Канайя | kanaja | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kanayya
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