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 surname Kaniang occurs most in Thailand. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaniang? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,168,344th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kaniang are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Kaniang is also the 1,143,416th most common first name worldwide, held by 72 people.

Kaniang is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 360,400. In Thailand it is most common in: Tak Province, where 99 percent reside. Aside from Thailand this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

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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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