Kanyk Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kanyk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Kanyk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyk (Russian: Канык) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Kanyk reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 87 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,501,746. In Ukraine Kanyk is most prevalent in: Donetsk Oblast, where 23 percent are found, Kharkiv Oblast, where 23 percent are found and Luhansk Oblast, where 23 percent are found. Apart from Ukraine this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 7 percent are found and Poland, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanyk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanyk in the Russian language | ||
| Канык | kanyk | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kanyk
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