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 frequently found in Tanzania 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
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Kanguna occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kanguna reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanguna is also the 4,967,096th most prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 6 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. In Tanzania Kanguna is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs 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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