Kanisi Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Kanisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanisi (136) may also be a first name.
Kanisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanisi (Marathi: कनीसी, Oriya: କନିସି, Russian: Каниси) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanisi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanisi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 45 percent of Kanisi live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 40 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 794,286th most common first name worldwide, borne by 136 people.
The last name Kanisi is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 12,654,778. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 20 percent are found and South Africa, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanisi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanisi in the Marathi language | ||
| कनीसी | kanisi | - |
| Kanisi in the Oriya language | ||
| କନିସି | kanisi | 50 |
| କନିଶି | kanisi | 50 |
| Kanisi in the Russian language | ||
| Каниси | kanisi | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kanisi
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