Surname Kanyev (Каниев 
, Kanyev 
) , worldwide, is quite a rare last name. The surname Kanyev is characteristic of Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare surname, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Much less frequently, Kanyev is the forename as well as the last name.