Family name Yaniy (Yaniy 
, Яний 
) , all around the world, is a very rare surname. The last name Yaniy is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is a rare surname, Russia, where it is a very rare surname, and Ukraine, where it is an extremely rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Russia, Kazakhstan, and India. More frequently, Yaniy is the forename as well as the last name.