Kathuni Surname
Approximately 738 people bear this surname
Kathuni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 692 | 1:66,734 | 6,395 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kathuni (22) may also be a first name.
Kathuni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kathuni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kathuni (Hindi: कथुनी) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kathuni? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 458,119th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,874,723 people. Kathuni is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kathuni reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name in the world, held by 22 people.
The last name Kathuni is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 692 people, or 1 in 66,734. In Kenya Kathuni is mostly found in: Meru County, where 46 percent live, Tharaka Nithi County, where 39 percent live and Nairobi County, where 15 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kathuni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kathuni in the Hindi language | ||
| कथुनी | kathuni | - |
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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 Kathuni
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