Kanivas Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kanivas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanivas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kanivas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanivas (Hindi: कानिवास) occurs most in Thailand. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanivas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanivas is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Kanivas reside; 87 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Tai-Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 2,140,556. In Thailand Kanivas is most numerous in: Pathum Thani Province, where 45 percent live, Bangkok, where 27 percent live and Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 12 percent live. Excluding Thailand this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaniwas8629/
Kanibas8610/
Canivas863/
Kanevas861/
Canibas71240/
Canevas7159/
Canuvas7127/
Kanybas7112/
Konevas711/
Canuevas671/
Konibash671/
Kosnivos671/
Konebas577/
Canebas573/
Cañuvas571/
Cánevas571/
Khanebaz531/
Canevace531/
Kanhuosh531/

Kanivas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanivas in the Hindi language
कानिवासkanivasa50
कनिवासkanivasa50

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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 Kanivas
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