Kanista Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Kanista Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanista Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
India91:85,229,487684,495
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Kanista (690) may also be a first name.

Kanista Last Name Facts

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

Kanista (Hindi: कनिस्ता, Marathi: कािनसता, Oriya: କନି) occurs most in Indonesia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanista? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanista is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kanista reside; 48 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 41 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanista is also the 314,827th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 690 people.

The surname Kanista is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 50 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 50 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent reside and Bahrain, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanishta938/
Kanistha933/
Khanista931/
Kanishtha886/
Kanesta8635/
Kanisti8612/
Konista867/
Kanisty867/
Kanusta861/
Kaunisto801,426/
Kannisto801,276/
Kauniste8041/
Kanestad8016/
Kanniste8012/
Kainisto805/
Kanishti803/
Kanestadt758/
Kanishthe754/
Konisti7162/
Canisto717/
Kenesta716/
Canesta716/
Cañista711/
Conista711/
Konesta711/
Kannestath710/
Konistis67171/
Canister6773/
Keynesta6722/
Kasnesti6719/
Cosnista671/
Cannisty670/
Kaneaste670/

Kanista Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanista in the Oriya language
କନିkani95.24
କାନିାkania2.38
କନିାkania2.38
Kanista in the Hindi language
कनिस्ताkanista66.67
कनीस्टाkanista33.33
Kanista in the Marathi language
कािनसताkainasata50
कनीkani50

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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 Kanista
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