Kanunta Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kanunta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanunta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kanunta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanunta occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanunta? popularity and diffusion

Kanunta is the 3,432,070th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Kanunta is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kanunta are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 50 percent live, Rivers, where 39 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Thailand, where 3 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 Kanunta
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