Family name Shaniev (Shaniev 
, Шаниев 
) , throughout the world, is a very rare last name. The family name Shaniev is habitual in Kazakhstan, where it is a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan. Much less frequently, Shaniev is the forename as well as the last name.