Kaniappan Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kaniappan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaniappan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1101:268,12914,980
India191:40,371,862445,856
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kaniappan (50) may also be a first name.

Kaniappan Last Name Facts

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

Kaniappan is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kaniappan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaniappan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,518,885th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name Kaniappan occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kaniappan live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 50 people.

This last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 268,129. In Malaysia Kaniappan is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 31 percent are found, Negeri Sembilan, where 15 percent are found and Perak, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Kaniappan Last Name Statistics demography

Kaniappan earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD 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 Kaniappan
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