Kagunya Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kagunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kagunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5781:79,8967,389
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kagunya (40) may also be a first name.

Kagunya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kagunya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kagunya is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kagunya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 540,721st most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,268,596 people. The last name Kagunya is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kagunya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used given name globally, held by 40 people.

The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 578 people, or 1 in 79,896. In Kenya Kagunya is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 27 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 20 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside. Besides Kenya it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.

Kagunya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Kagunya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 83.23% more than the national average, earning $79,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kangunya935/
Kaigunya931/
Kangunnya881/
Kagonya861,416/
Kagunia86151/
Kagunha86108/
Kagunyo861/
Kagunja861/
Khagonya805/
Kagoonya801/
Kaguniha801/
Keigunya801/
Kangunja801/
Kagonyo7142/
Kagonja7114/
Kagonia716/
Kogonya712/
Kagunjo711/
Caguña6212/
Cagonia573/
Kagonjo571/

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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 Kagunya
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