Kahuni Surname
Approximately 1,200 people bear this surname
Kahuni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,114 | 1:13,858 | 1,906 |
| Kenya | 68 | 1:679,116 | 29,805 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Kahuni (30) may also be a first name.
Kahuni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahuni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kahuni (Marathi: कहुनी, Oriya: କହୁଣୀ) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahuni? popularity and diffusion
Kahuni is the 313,233rd most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,072,955 people. The last name Kahuni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kahuni live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kahuni is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 30 people.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,114 people, or 1 in 13,858. In Zimbabwe Kahuni is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 48 percent are found, Harare Province, where 24 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 16 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 6 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahuni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahuni in the Oriya language | ||
| କହୁଣୀ | kahuni | - |
| Kahuni in the Marathi language | ||
| कहुनी | kahuni | - |
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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
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- 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 Kahuni
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