Kaniy Surname
Approximately 636 people bear this surname
Kaniy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 630 | 1:1,217,564 | 48,691 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaniy (2,119) may also be a first name.
Kaniy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaniy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaniy (Hindi: कनीया, Marathi: कािनय, Oriya: କାଣିୟ, Russian: Каний) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniy? popularity and diffusion
Kaniy is the 513,430th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. Kaniy is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kaniy live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kaniy is also the 163,270th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 2,119 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 1,217,564. In India Kaniy is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 73 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 27 percent reside and Bihar, where 0 percent reside. Not including India it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaniy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaniy in the Marathi language | ||
| कािनय | kainaya | - |
| Kaniy in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीया | kaniya | 86.36 |
| कानीया | kaniya | 11.36 |
| काणिया | kaniya | 1.14 |
| कणिया | kaniya | 1.14 |
| Kaniy in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଣିୟ | kaniya | 50 |
| କନିଯ | kaniya | 50 |
| Kaniy in the Russian language | ||
| Каний | kanij | - |
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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 Kaniy
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