Kanunu Surname
Approximately 1,401 people bear this surname
Kanunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 951 | 1:77,686 | 9,011 |
| Uganda | 217 | 1:179,905 | 15,002 |
| South Africa | 134 | 1:404,311 | 35,545 |
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kanunu (116) may also be a first name.
Kanunu Demographics
Average Kanunu Salary in
South Africa
R 60,732
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kanunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanunu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanunu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 276,726th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,201,674 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanunu live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 116 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 951 people, or 1 in 77,686. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.
Kanunu Last Name Statistics demography
Kanunu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.44% less than the national average, earning R 60,732 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanungu | 92 | 1,213 | / |
| Kangunu | 92 | 60 | / |
| Kanuunu | 92 | 19 | / |
| Kanhunu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kaanunu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kanunhu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Khanunu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kangungu | 86 | 1,630 | / |
| Kanounou | 86 | 19 | / |
| Kannungu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kainungu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khannunu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanuungu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaninu | 83 | 101 | / |
| Kenunu | 83 | 40 | / |
| Kanonu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Konunu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kanhounou | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kongunu | 77 | 35 | / |
| Koenunu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Canunuy | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khaninu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khenunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaninui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kangoungou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanhounnou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kongunui | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kamhunhu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Khenounou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kenounouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaungungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konhoungou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kaninau | 62 | 60 | / |
| Kanonou | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kouninou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kanonhou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kanhonau | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kounounou | 53 | 131 | / |
| Kounonhou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kouninhou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kanhonnou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kounoungou | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Kanunu
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