Kanguna Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Kanguna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanguna (6) may also be a first name.
Kanguna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanguna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanguna (Oriya: କାୁନା) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanguna? popularity and diffusion
Kanguna is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Kanguna live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 6 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. In Tanzania Kanguna is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanguna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanguna in the Oriya language | ||
| କାୁନା | kauna | - |
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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 Kanguna
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