Kani Surname
Approximately 42,876 people bear this surname
Kani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11,410 | 1:67,227 | 4,576 |
| Japan | 7,887 | 1:16,209 | 1,959 |
| Nigeria | 5,216 | 1:33,961 | 2,788 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Indonesia | 1,830 | 1:72,267 | 7,775 |
| DR Congo | 1,478 | 1:49,986 | 6,038 |
| South Africa | 1,380 | 1:39,259 | 5,052 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,167 | 1:15,726 | 1,206 |
| Turkey | 1,033 | 1:75,335 | 6,955 |
| Congo | 883 | 1:5,650 | 885 |
| Morocco | 818 | 1:42,147 | 6,853 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Papua New Guinea | 442 | 1:18,447 | 1,859 |
| Cameroon | 365 | 1:56,902 | 7,352 |
| Kazakhstan | 331 | 1:53,421 | 6,790 |
| United Arab Emirates | 250 | 1:36,649 | 3,864 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Zambia | 234 | 1:67,735 | 5,969 |
| Ivory Coast | 229 | 1:100,748 | 5,226 |
| Zimbabwe | 219 | 1:70,494 | 10,481 |
| Niger | 217 | 1:88,442 | 3,746 |
| United States | 212 | 1:1,709,712 | 113,287 |
| Philippines | 200 | 1:506,191 | 59,191 |
| Malaysia | 198 | 1:148,961 | 9,324 |
| Albania | 189 | 1:15,418 | 2,749 |
| Iran | 165 | 1:465,349 | 28,356 |
| Pakistan | 105 | 1:1,701,370 | 17,526 |
| Australia | 101 | 1:267,284 | 24,253 |
| England | 91 | 1:612,286 | 36,401 |
| Namibia | 90 | 1:26,771 | 4,244 |
| Brunei | 89 | 1:4,705 | 722 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| New Zealand | 83 | 1:54,558 | 8,669 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Tanzania | 76 | 1:696,600 | 40,185 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 75 | 1:728 | 120 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Greece | 64 | 1:173,122 | 27,971 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| Thailand | 57 | 1:1,239,269 | 179,534 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Kenya | 20 | 1:2,308,995 | 36,653 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Senegal | 14 | 1:1,041,382 | 3,211 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Cambodia | 12 | 1:1,290,596 | 5,991 |
| Croatia | 12 | 1:352,384 | 32,084 |
| Kosovo | 10 | 1:186,187 | 7,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Northern Cyprus | 9 | 1:35,446 | 7,326 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Káni (20) & Kañi (2) are calculated separately.
Kani (76,019) may also be a first name.
Kani Demographics
Average Kani Salary in
United States
$45,746 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kani (Arabic: كاعني, Bengali: কনি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻲ, Hindi: कानी, Marathi: कणी, Oriya: କାନି, Russian: Кани, Tibetan: ཀ་ནི་) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Káni or Kañi. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kani is the 13,074th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 169,968 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Kani live; 27 percent live in South Asia and 27 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 12,929th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 76,019 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 11,410 people, or 1 in 67,227. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 58 percent live, Kerala, where 10 percent live and Gujarat, where 8 percent live. Barring India this surname is found in 110 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Kani Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kani has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,514 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kani surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (80%) in Kenya and Muslim (84%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Kani last name are 4.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.69% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kani earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 38.45% less than the national average, earning R 146,268 per year; in United States they earn 6.02% more than the national average, earning $45,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.26% more than the national average, earning $61,735 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kani in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ནི་ | kani | 92.86 |
| ཀཱ་ནི་ | kani | 7.14 |
| Kani in the Hindi language | ||
| कानी | kani | 79.77 |
| कनी | kani | 19.01 |
| कनि | kani | 0.28 |
| कानि | kani | 0.17 |
| काणी | kani | 0.13 |
| कन्ई | kani | 0.08 |
| कणी | kani | 0.07 |
| कांई | kami | 0.02 |
| अनोपी | anopi | 0.01 |
| काली | kali | 0.01 |
| कान्ही | kanhi | 0.01 |
| कन्इ | kani | 0.01 |
| कान्ती | kanti | 0.01 |
| सेनी | seni | 0.01 |
| कानी़ | kani | 0.01 |
| कैनी | kaini | 0.01 |
| Kani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻲ | kany | 64.29 |
| ﻛﻨﻲ | kny | 28.57 |
| ﻛﺎﻧﻰ | kany | 7.14 |
| Kani in the Bengali language | ||
| কনি | kani | 50 |
| কানি | kani | 20 |
| কানিরুং | kanirum | 10 |
| কনিমোহন | kanimohana | 10 |
| কঙি | kani | 10 |
| Kani in the Marathi language | ||
| कणी | kani | 49.53 |
| कानी | kani | 26.8 |
| कनी | kani | 13.17 |
| काणी | kani | 7.84 |
| िकणी | ikani | 1.25 |
| कांनी | kanni | 0.31 |
| कांती | kanti | 0.16 |
| काना | kana | 0.16 |
| Kani in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନି | kani | 35.61 |
| କାଣି | kani | 24.19 |
| କନି | kani | 20.23 |
| କାଣୀ | kani | 5.58 |
| କାନୀ | kani | 4.59 |
| କନୀ | kani | 4.32 |
| କଣି | kani | 3.15 |
| କଣୀ | kani | 0.72 |
| ବସି | basi | 0.09 |
| କାଞୀ | kani | 0.09 |
| କାଞି | kani | 0.09 |
| କୁନି | kuni | 0.09 |
| ଲାଛୀ | lachi | 0.09 |
| କାମି | kami | 0.09 |
| କଇଁ | ka'im | 0.09 |
| Kani in the Russian language | ||
| Кани | kani | - |
| Kani in the Arabic language | ||
| كاعني | kany | - |
| كاني | kany | - |
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