Cunniah Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Cunniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 178 | 1:7,266 | 1,505 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cunniah Demographics
Average Cunniah Salary in
England
£43,634
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Cunniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cunniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cunniah occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cunniah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cunniah is the 1,088,856th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Cunniah are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most common in Mauritius, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 7,266. In Mauritius Cunniah is most numerous in: Savanne District, where 28 percent are found, Plaines Wilhems District, where 24 percent are found and Grand Port District, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Mauritius this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 2 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cunniah
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