Kandy Surname
Approximately 6,456 people bear this surname
Kandy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,681 | 1:12,379 | 1,773 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,599 | 1:5,730 | 725 |
| Qatar | 933 | 1:2,527 | 227 |
| Kuwait | 501 | 1:7,586 | 1,062 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Iran | 283 | 1:271,316 | 19,915 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| India | 172 | 1:4,459,682 | 116,397 |
| Vietnam | 133 | 1:696,587 | 1,648 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Kandy (13,497) may also be a first name.
Kandy Demographics
Kandy Political Affiliation
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Kandy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kandy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺪﻱ, Hindi: कन्द्या, Marathi: कांडी, Oriya: କାି) is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kandy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 75,980th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,128,802 people. The last name Kandy occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kandy are found; 52 percent are found in West Asia and 51 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 49,972nd most frequent forename internationally It is held by 13,497 people.
The last name Kandy is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,681 people, or 1 in 12,379. Outside of Sri Lanka this surname is found in 52 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 25 percent live and Qatar, where 14 percent live.
Kandy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kandy has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 386 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kandy Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kandy are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kandy earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.44% less than the national average, earning $37,780 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kandy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kandy in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्द्या | kandya | - |
| Kandy in the Oriya language | ||
| କାି | kai | - |
| Kandy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﺪﻱ | kandy | 75 |
| ﻛﻨﺪﻱ | kndy | 25 |
| Kandy in the Marathi language | ||
| कांडी | kandi | 50 |
| कडे | kade | 33.33 |
| कंडी | kandi | 16.67 |
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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 Kandy
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