Surname คานิ (Kani 
, คานิ 
) , around the world, is a common last name. The cognomen คานิ is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare surname, United Arab Emirates, and Kosovo. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Likewise, คานิ is the forename as well as the last name.