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    The surname Kania

    A surname, carried by 4,092 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K500

    Kania: #8,102 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kania #8,102, 4,092 people Kania: #8,102 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kania #8,102, 4,092 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kania is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    From Polish Kania and Lower Sorbian kanja /kańa; ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kaňa.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,092 people named Kania in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,451 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,111.

    #8,102
    rank among US surnames
    4,092
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,585)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,093Meissner4,09775,359
    #8,097Burnell4,09575,396
    #8,101Burrus4,09475,414
    #8,102Kania4,09275,451
    #8,103June4,09175,469
    #8,106Llanos4,08975,506
    #8,110Dunson4,08875,525

    Who is named Kania

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Kania identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kania

    Kania has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kania come from?
    From Polish Kania and Lower Sorbian kanja /kańa; ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kaňa.
    How common is the surname Kania?
    4,092 people in the United States had the surname Kania in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,451 Americans. It ranked 8,102nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kania?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kania identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Kania getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,092 in 2010, up 32%.