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 held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 513,430th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kaniy are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 163,270th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 2,119 people.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 630 people, or 1 in 1,217,564. In India Kaniy is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 73 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 27 percent live and Bihar, where 0 percent live. Excluding India this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 0 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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