Kanniyan Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Kanniyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kanniyan (34) may also be a first name.
Kanniyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanniyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanniyan (Marathi: ीयन) has its highest incidence in Saudi Arabia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanniyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 885,573rd most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Kanniyan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanniyan reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Kanniyan is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 34 people.
This surname is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 129,104. Other than Saudi Arabia it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent are found and Qatar, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanniyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanniyan in the Marathi language | ||
| ीयन | iyana | - |
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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 Kanniyan
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