Kanigi Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Kanigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Kanigi (37) may also be a first name.
Kanigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanigi (Marathi: किणगी, Oriya: କାନିଗି) is most common in The DR Congo. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanigi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanigi is the 1,343,156th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kanigi live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 37 people.
The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 513,053. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanigi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanigi in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନିଗି | kanigi | - |
| Kanigi in the Marathi language | ||
| किणगी | kinagi | - |
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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 Kanigi
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