Kaneye Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Kaneye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kaneye (57) may also be a first name.
Kaneye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaneye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaneye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaneye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kaneye is the 1,746,159th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaneye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 57 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria Kaneye is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 85 percent are found, Edo, where 10 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Kaneye exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 20 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaneye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ | kanyh | - |
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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 Kaneye
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