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 can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaniy is the 513,430th most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 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 common given name worldwide, borne by 2,119 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 1,217,564. In India it is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 73 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 27 percent are found and Bihar, where 0 percent are found. Other than India it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
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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