Kanyan Surname
Approximately 1,695 people bear this surname
Kanyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1,229 | 1:23,999 | 2,171 |
| India | 167 | 1:4,593,206 | 118,643 |
| Thailand | 141 | 1:500,981 | 87,346 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kanyan (2,049) may also be a first name.
Kanyan Demographics
Average Kanyan Salary in
United States
$43,822 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyan (Arabic: كانيان, Hindi: कन्यान, Marathi: कांयन, Russian: Канян) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 236,965th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,299,437 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kanyan reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanyan is also the 166,632nd most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 2,049 people.
The surname Kanyan is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 1,229 people, or 1 in 23,999. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 94 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent are found and Johor, where 2 percent are found. Beside Malaysia Kanyan exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found and Thailand, where 8 percent are found.
Kanyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kanyan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kanyan last name grew 5,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kanyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Armenian Apostolic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kanyan last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the party.
Kanyan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.56% more than the national average, earning $43,822 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanyan in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्यान | kan'yana | 44.23 |
| कन्याण | kan'yana | 24.04 |
| कन्यन | kan'yana | 19.23 |
| कन्यां | kan'yam | 5.77 |
| कंयन | kanyana | 3.85 |
| कान्यान | kan'yana | 0.96 |
| कन्याँ | kan'yam | 0.96 |
| कन्यॉ | kan'yo | 0.96 |
| Kanyan in the Marathi language | ||
| कांयन | kanyana | 21.05 |
| कान्यान | kan'yana | 21.05 |
| कन्यन | kan'yana | 15.79 |
| कंयन | kanyana | 10.53 |
| यान | yana | 10.53 |
| कांचन | kancana | 5.26 |
| याण | yana | 5.26 |
| कन्याण | kan'yana | 5.26 |
| कान्याण | kan'yana | 5.26 |
| Kanyan in the Russian language | ||
| Канян | kanan | - |
| Kanyan in the Arabic language | ||
| كانيان | kanyan | - |
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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 Kanyan
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