Kaniga Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Kaniga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kaniga (104) may also be a first name.
Kaniga Demographics
Average Kaniga Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kaniga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaniga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaniga (Hindi: कनीगा, Marathi: कािनगा, Oriya: କାନିଗା) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaniga is the 1,453,389th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Kaniga are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 925,156th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 104 people.
The surname Kaniga is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 98,238. In Papua New Guinea Kaniga is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 80 percent live, Western Highlands, where 7 percent live and East Sepik, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Kaniga is found in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 23 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
Kaniga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kaniga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kaniga surname expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kaniga Last Name Statistics demography
Kaniga earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaniga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaniga in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନିଗା | kaniga | 66.67 |
| କାନୀଗା | kaniga | 33.33 |
| Kaniga in the Marathi language | ||
| कािनगा | kainaga | 66.67 |
| कनीगा | kaniga | 33.33 |
| Kaniga in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीगा | kaniga | 25 |
| कनिजा | kanija | 25 |
| कनिगा | kaniga | 25 |
| काणीगा | kaniga | 25 |
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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 Kaniga
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