Kaniso Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Kaniso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Zimbabwe | 96 | 1:160,815 | 20,064 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Kaniso (105) may also be a first name.
Kaniso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaniso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaniso (Hindi: कनीसो, Marathi: कणीसो) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kaniso click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniso? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 988,329th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. Kaniso occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kaniso live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kaniso is also the 920,134th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 105 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Aside from The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent are found and Botswana, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaniso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaniso in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीसो | kaniso | - |
| Kaniso in the Marathi language | ||
| कणीसो | kaniso | - |
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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 Kaniso
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