Kaniya Surname
Approximately 932 people bear this surname
Kaniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 808 | 1:949,338 | 40,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Kaniya (8,174) may also be a first name.
Kaniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaniya (Bengali: কনিয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ, Hindi: कनिया, Marathi: कनीया, Russian: Кания, Tibetan: ཀ་ནི་ཡ་) is found most frequently in India. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 382,080th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,819,255 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kaniya live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 70,079th most common forename on earth, held by 8,174 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 808 people, or 1 in 949,338. In India Kaniya is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 82 percent are found, Jammu and Kashmir, where 3 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 3 percent are found. Other than India it occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaniya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ | kanyh | - |
| Kaniya in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ནི་ཡ་ | kaniya | - |
| Kaniya in the Bengali language | ||
| কনিয়া | kaniya | 50 |
| কানিয়া | kaniya | 50 |
| Kaniya in the Marathi language | ||
| कनीया | kaniya | 44.9 |
| कानीया | kaniya | 20.41 |
| कािनया | kainaya | 18.37 |
| कन् | kan | 6.12 |
| कनैया | kanaiya | 4.08 |
| कैया | kaiya | 2.04 |
| कािदयान | kaidayana | 2.04 |
| कािङया | kainaya | 2.04 |
| Kaniya in the Hindi language | ||
| कनिया | kaniya | 42.92 |
| कानिया | kaniya | 21.88 |
| कनीया | kaniya | 21.69 |
| कानीया | kaniya | 11.7 |
| कन्ईया | kaniya | 0.65 |
| कन्इया | kaniya | 0.31 |
| कन्हैया | kanhaiya | 0.28 |
| कांइया | kamiya | 0.09 |
| कानाराम | kanarama | 0.09 |
| कणिया | kaniya | 0.09 |
| कंइया | kamiya | 0.03 |
| कमीया | kamiya | 0.03 |
| कानिय | kaniya | 0.03 |
| कान्या | kan'ya | 0.03 |
| काणिया | kaniya | 0.03 |
| कानियाा | kaniyaa | 0.03 |
| Kaniya in the Russian language | ||
| Кания | kania | - |
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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 Kaniya
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