Kantunda Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kantunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4711:36,3465,352
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kantunda Last Name Facts

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

Kantunda is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantunda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 599,225th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kantunda are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kantunda is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Without taking into account Malawi this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kantonda8879/
Cantunda882/
Kantunde881/
Kantondo75237/
Kantondi75100/
Kantonde753/
Kamtaundi711/
Kontondi638/
Kontonde632/
Kontondo631/
Kountonde591/
Konthondi591/
Koumtoundi561/
Contondo501/
Contondi501/

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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 Kantunda
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