Kaniva Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kaniva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kaniva (59) may also be a first name.
Kaniva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaniva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaniva (Georgian: კანივა, Hindi: कनीवा, Russian: Канива) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kaniva.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Kaniva is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Kaniva are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 59 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Not including The DR Congo this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and Russia, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaniva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaniva in the Georgian language | ||
| კანივა | kaniva | - |
| Kaniva in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीवा | kaniva | 60 |
| कनिवा | kaniva | 20 |
| कानिवा | kaniva | 20 |
| Kaniva in the Russian language | ||
| Канива | kaniva | - |
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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 Kaniva
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