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 surname Kaniy (Hindi: कनीया, Marathi: कािनय, Oriya: କାଣିୟ, Russian: Каний) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kaniy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 513,430th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,458,406 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kaniy live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 163,270th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 2,119 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 1,217,564. In India Kaniy is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 73 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 27 percent live and Bihar, where 0 percent live. Beside India Kaniy is found in 6 countries. It is also found 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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