Kanniya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Kanniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanniya (512) may also be a first name.
Kanniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanniya (Hindi: कन्नीया, Marathi: कांणीया) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kanniya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanniya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Kanniya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanniya are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 373,684th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 512 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 42 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 33 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 25 percent reside. Not including India Kanniya is found in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanniya in the Marathi language | ||
| कांणीया | kanniya | - |
| Kanniya in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्नीया | kanniya | 50 |
| कन्या | kan'ya | 16.67 |
| कन्निया | kanniya | 16.67 |
| कंनीया | kanniya | 16.67 |
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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 Kanniya
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