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
Kanayya (Hindi: कनय्या, Marathi: कनहैया, Russian: Канайя) is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanayya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanayya is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanayya are found; 57 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 43 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 591,855th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 230 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Kanayya is mostly found in: Perak, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent are found and Pakistan, where 14 percent are found.
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
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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 Kanayya
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