Kanisius Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kanisius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanisius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2361:560,37845,049
Tanzania951:557,28035,395
Namibia271:89,2378,105
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kanisius (9,384) may also be a first name.

Kanisius Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanisius is found most in Indonesia. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kanisius.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanisius? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanisius is the 698,433rd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Kanisius reside; 55 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 63,957th most common first name in the world, borne by 9,384 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 236 people, or 1 in 560,378. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 59 percent live, West Kalimantan, where 18 percent live and East Java, where 5 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent live and Namibia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanissius942/
Kanisiuss941/
Kanisus9336/
Canisius88682/
Kanesius8819/
Konisius882/
Canissius822/
Cannisius822/
Kannisuis821/
Canisus809/
Kanysus801/
Canicius758/
Canesius752/
Canisyus751/
Canisous751/
Canessius711/
Caniceus631/
Canizaus631/
Caniços531/

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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 Kanisius
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