Kanisan Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Kanisan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanisan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia411:719,37133,828
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Kanisan (133) may also be a first name.

Kanisan Last Name Facts

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

Kanisan (Hindi: कनीसन, Marathi: कॅिनसन) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanisan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanisan is the 1,658,108th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kanisan are found; 64 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 58 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 804,402nd most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 133 people.

The surname Kanisan is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 719,371. In Malaysia Kanisan is primarily concentrated in: Johor, where 32 percent are found, Selangor, where 22 percent are found and Negeri Sembilan, where 15 percent are found. Besides Malaysia it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 33 percent are found and Indonesia, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanisan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanisan in the Marathi language
कॅिनसनkeinasana-
Kanisan in the Hindi language
कनीसनkanisana85.71
कनीशनkanisana14.29

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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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  • 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 Kanisan
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