Kaniang Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kaniang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaniang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1961:360,40063,106
India51:153,413,076951,030
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kaniang (72) may also be a first name.

Kaniang Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kaniang Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kaniang occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kaniang.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaniang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,168,344th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kaniang live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Tai-Asia. Kaniang is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 72 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 360,400. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Tak Province, where 99 percent are found. Besides Thailand Kaniang is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Kaniang
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