Around the globe, Канишка (Kanishka 
, Канишка 
) is a common unisex forename. The first name Канишка is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely girly name, United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Afghanistan, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Southern Asia, particularly Sri Lanka, India, and Afghanistan. Much less frequently, Канишка is the last name as well as the forename.