Kankunda Surname

261,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kankunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,3571:28,7693,962
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kankunda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kankunda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kankunda occurs most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankunda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 261,481st most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,855,127 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kankunda are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,357 people, or 1 in 28,769. In Uganda Kankunda is most numerous in: Kiruhura District, where 26 percent live, Kampala District, where 8 percent live and Wakiso District, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Kankunda
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