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
Kanguna (Oriya: କାୁନା) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kanguna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanguna? popularity and diffusion
Kanguna is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kanguna reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 6 people.
The last name Kanguna is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. In Tanzania Kanguna is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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