Kaniah Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Kaniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 209 | 1:6,189 | 1,277 |
| Indonesia | 163 | 1:811,345 | 61,613 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Kaniah (1,624) may also be a first name.
Kaniah Demographics
Average Kaniah Salary in
South Africa
R 452,124
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kaniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaniah is found in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 656,126th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. Kaniah occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Kaniah live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Kaniah is also the 191,561st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,624 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritius, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 6,189. In Mauritius Kaniah is most common in: Moka District, where 36 percent live, Rivière du Rempart District, where 32 percent live and Plaines Wilhems District, where 26 percent live. Not including Mauritius this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.
Kaniah Last Name Statistics demography
Kaniah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.26% more than the national average, earning R 452,124 per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kaniah
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