Kaniska Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kaniska Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kaniska (696) may also be a first name.
Kaniska Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaniska Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaniska (Hindi: कनिस्का, Oriya: କନି) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kaniska click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniska? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Kaniska occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kaniska live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kaniska is also the 313,309th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 696 people.
The last name Kaniska is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India Kaniska is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 58 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 8 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 8 percent are found. Aside from India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaniska Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaniska in the Oriya language | ||
| କନି | kani | 92.68 |
| କନୀ | kani | 2.44 |
| କନିା | kania | 2.44 |
| କନିଷ | kanisa | 2.44 |
| Kaniska in the Hindi language | ||
| कनिस्का | kaniska | 46.15 |
| कनिष्का | kaniska | 38.46 |
| कनिष्क | kaniska | 15.38 |
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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 Kaniska
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