Kakunja Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kakunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kakunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakunja occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kakunja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakunja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Kakunja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakunja live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda Kakunja is most common in: Kiryandongo District, where 25 percent live, Mbarara District, where 25 percent live and Mubende District, where 25 percent live. Excluding Uganda it exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaikunja | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kaikundja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kakunya | 86 | 280 | / |
| Kakunsa | 86 | 212 | / |
| Kokunja | 86 | 131 | / |
| Kakunza | 86 | 66 | / |
| Kakunji | 86 | 49 | / |
| Kakunia | 86 | 19 | / |
| Kakunje | 86 | 17 | / |
| Kakonja | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kakunha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaikunje | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kakungna | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kakuunya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakunsha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakkunji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakuniah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakouncha | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kokoundja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kakonya | 71 | 412 | / |
| Kakonji | 71 | 122 | / |
| Kakonje | 71 | 107 | / |
| Kakonsa | 71 | 66 | / |
| Kakonjo | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kakunge | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kakonza | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kakonia | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kokonja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakunyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kacunza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kacunya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaukonje | 67 | 55 | / |
| Kakhonje | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kakoonza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khakonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakunseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakeugne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakoonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keikunya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khakinia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kakunja
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