Kaniava Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Kaniava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaniava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania1051:28,9015,113
England121:4,643,172139,951
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Kaniava Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kaniava is borne by more people in Lithuania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaniava? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,666,404th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kaniava are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Lithuania, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 28,901. In Lithuania it is mostly concentrated in: Klaipėda County, where 51 percent live, Telšiai County, where 46 percent live and Panevėžys County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Lithuania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and Latvia, where 1 percent live.

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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 Kaniava
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