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Where Does The Last Name Kanya Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Kanya (Arabic: كانيا, Bengali: কন্যা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻴﺎ, Hindi: कन्या, Marathi: कन्या, Oriya: କନଯ୍ା, Russian: Каня, Tibetan: ཀཱན་ཡ་) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Kánya. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanya? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Kanya is the 32,591^st most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 446,377 people. Kanya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Kanya reside; 58 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kanya is also the 9,117^th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 112,850 people.

This surname is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 9,392 people, or 1 in 81,672. In India Kanya is mostly found in: Rajasthan, where 50 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 18 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 16 percent are found. Barring India it occurs in 58 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 19 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

Kanya Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kanya last name is chiefly Orthodox (50%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kanya last name are 1.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.35% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kanya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.15% less than the national average, earning R 142,236 per year; in United States they earn 13.07% more than the national average, earning $48,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.32% less than the national average, earning $41,576 CAD per year.