Kaunai Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Kaunai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
Kaunai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaunai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaunai is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaunai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Kaunai live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Kaunai is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Kaunai is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 71 percent are found and Bougainville, where 29 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kaunai
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis