Kanuna Surname
Approximately 455 people bear this surname
Kanuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 221 | 1:208,959 | 14,983 |
| Uganda | 111 | 1:351,705 | 23,045 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kanuna (46) may also be a first name.
Kanuna Demographics
Kanuna Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanuna (Hindi: कानूना, Marathi: करुणा, Oriya: କାନୁନା) occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanuna? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 660,498th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. The surname Kanuna occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Kanuna live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 46 people.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 208,959. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Makueni County, where 54 percent reside, Machakos County, where 32 percent reside and Kitui County, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Kanuna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanuna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanuna in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନୁନା | kanuna | - |
| Kanuna in the Hindi language | ||
| कानूना | kanuna | 50 |
| कनुना | kanuna | 50 |
| Kanuna in the Marathi language | ||
| करुणा | karuna | 33.33 |
| कानूना | kanuna | 33.33 |
| कानुना | kanuna | 33.33 |
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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 Kanuna
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