Kanhya Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Kanhya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kanhya (1,098) may also be a first name.
Kanhya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanhya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanhya (Hindi: कन्हया, Marathi: कान्, Oriya: କେହନ୍ୟା) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanhya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanhya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kanhya reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kanhya is also the 240,807th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 1,098 people.
The last name Kanhya is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India it is most common in: Delhi, where 32 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 27 percent live and Bihar, where 23 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and Mauritius, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanhya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanhya in the Oriya language | ||
| କେହନ୍ୟା | kehanya | 50 |
| କାହନ୍ି୍ୟା | kahaniya | 50 |
| Kanhya in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्हया | kanhaya | 46.55 |
| कन्हैया | kanhaiya | 34.48 |
| कन्हॅया | kanheya | 6.9 |
| कन्ह्या | kanhya | 6.9 |
| कन्हैयालाल | kanhaiyalala | 3.45 |
| Kanhya in the Marathi language | ||
| कान् | kan | 35.16 |
| कान्हया | kanhaya | 26.37 |
| कन्हैया | kanhaiya | 12.09 |
| कन् | kan | 8.79 |
| कन्हया | kanhaya | 5.49 |
| कान्हा | kanha | 4.4 |
| कन्या | kan'ya | 3.3 |
| कनरा | kanara | 2.2 |
| केन्हया | kenhaya | 1.1 |
| कान्हाया | kanhaya | 1.1 |
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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 Kanhya
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