Kanish Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Kanish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 1:3,661,201 | 203,401 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Kánish (1) are calculated separately.
Kanish (2,294) may also be a first name.
Kanish Demographics
Average Kanish Salary in
United States
$39,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanish (Bengali: কনিশ, Hindi: कनीश, Marathi: कनीश, Oriya: କାନିଷ, Russian: Каниш) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Kánish. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanish? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,044,719th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Kanish are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kanish is also the 155,662nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 2,294 people.
Kanish is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 3,661,201. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 62 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and Ohio, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent reside and Iraq, where 15 percent reside.
Kanish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kanish has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kanish last name rose 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kanish Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kanish surname are 14.42% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.65% registered with the political party.
Kanish earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanish in the Bengali language | ||
| কনিশ | kanisa | - |
| Kanish in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीश | kanisa | 61.11 |
| कनिश | kanisa | 18.4 |
| कनीष | kanisa | 8.33 |
| कनिष | kanisa | 6.94 |
| कानिश | kanisa | 1.39 |
| कनिष्का | kaniska | 0.69 |
| कनिष्क | kaniska | 0.35 |
| कनीष् | kanis | 0.35 |
| कनिष्श | kanissa | 0.35 |
| कनीषा | kanisa | 0.35 |
| कनिष्ठ | kanistha | 0.35 |
| मनीष | manisa | 0.35 |
| कणीश | kanisa | 0.35 |
| कानीश | kanisa | 0.35 |
| Kanish in the Marathi language | ||
| कनीश | kanisa | 50 |
| कािनश | kainasa | 31.25 |
| कनीशाउ | kanisa'u | 6.25 |
| कानीश | kanisa | 6.25 |
| कनीष | kanisa | 6.25 |
| Kanish in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନିଷ | kanisa | 33.33 |
| କନିସ | kanisa | 33.33 |
| କନିଶ | kanisa | 33.33 |
| Kanish in the Russian language | ||
| Каниш | kanis | - |
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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 Kanish
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