Kánya Surname
Approximately 976 people bear this surname
Kánya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 826 | 1:11,884 | 1,372 |
| Romania | 136 | 1:147,631 | 15,687 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Kanya (16,326) are calculated separately.
Kánya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kánya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kánya occurs in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kanya. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kánya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kánya is the 368,594th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,466,748 people. Kánya is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kánya live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
Kánya is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is held by 826 people, or 1 in 11,884. In Hungary Kánya is primarily found in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 25 percent reside, Budapest, where 19 percent reside and Somogy County, where 13 percent reside. Besides Hungary this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 14 percent reside and Slovakia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanya | 93 | 16,326 | / |
| Konya | 80 | 6,934 | / |
| Kónya | 80 | 5,644 | / |
| Khanya | 73 | 2,807 | / |
| Kanyaa | 73 | 1,500 | / |
| Konyha | 73 | 431 | / |
| Kaunya | 73 | 280 | / |
| Khonya | 73 | 231 | / |
| Kainya | 73 | 206 | / |
| Keinya | 73 | 161 | / |
| Kganya | 73 | 160 | / |
| Kanyea | 73 | 119 | / |
| Kaanya | 73 | 65 | / |
| Kannya | 73 | 55 | / |
| Konyah | 73 | 39 | / |
| Kanyah | 73 | 29 | / |
| Konjya | 73 | 27 | / |
| Kanhya | 73 | 27 | / |
| Konyaa | 73 | 23 | / |
| Kanjya | 73 | 15 | / |
| Koynya | 73 | 14 | / |
| Koonya | 73 | 13 | / |
| Kanyha | 73 | 12 | / |
| Konyay | 73 | 4 | / |
| Konnya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kanyoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Konyaj | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kounya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kanyay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Keanya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuonya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gkanya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaynya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kanyaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkonya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Konyea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kgonya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kainyah | 67 | 1,114 | / |
| Kahanya | 67 | 346 | / |
| Konyeha | 67 | 219 | / |
| Kanaiya | 67 | 187 | / |
| Konyaei | 67 | 47 | / |
| Kanojya | 67 | 38 | / |
| Konyhai | 67 | 24 | / |
| Kanyaha | 67 | 16 | / |
| Konayya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kanoiya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kanujya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Konyaou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kanayya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Konyhas | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khaunya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kanayia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kanyach | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kannyha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanyath | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khoinya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kheanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanaaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kannyah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qukanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanoyia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koinyah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kkaanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaunnya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khoonya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khanyaz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kainhya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keanyat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaniyoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khannya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyaou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konyhat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koonyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamnhya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanhyat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaneiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanuiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kasnyap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyeha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konyaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koneyea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kánya
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