Kanivets Surname

306,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kanivets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanivets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,0471:137,65316,085
Kazakhstan981:180,43417,249
Belarus431:220,95527,273
Kyrgyzstan141:426,61834,019
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Transnistria51:94,94011,199
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kanivets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanivets (Russian: Канивец) occurs most in Russia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanivets? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 306,799th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,915,216 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Kanivets are found; 65 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 65 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 137,653. In Russia Kanivets is most common in: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 17 percent live, Moscow, where 10 percent live and Krasnodar Krai, where 8 percent live. Other than Russia Kanivets is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 8 percent live and Belarus, where 3 percent live.

Kanivets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kanivets last name are 17% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 63.77% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kanivets earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 73.45% less than the national average, earning $11,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanyvets884,061/
Konivets88600/
Kanevets88175/
Kanivecs881/
Kanivec8013/
Konevets75508/
Konyvets75174/
Kanevits753/
Kanevetc751/
Konivecs751/
Kahnevits711/
Canivez67785/
Kaniwec675/
Kaniwez671/
Canivec671/

Kanivets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanivets in the Russian language
Канивецkanivec-

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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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  • 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 Kanivets
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