Killani Surname

402,148th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Killani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Killani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5261:1,458,29955,347
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Killani (25) may also be a first name.

Killani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Killani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Killani (Hindi: किल्लाणी, Marathi: िकानी) has its highest incidence in India. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Killani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 402,148th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,347,704 people. Killani occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Killani reside; 61 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 25 people.

The surname Killani is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 526 people, or 1 in 1,458,299. In India Killani is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 95 percent live, Telangana, where 3 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 18 percent live and Morocco, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Killani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Killani in the Hindi language
किल्लाणीkillani-
Killani in the Marathi language
िकानीikani-

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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 Killani
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