Kaunga Surname
Approximately 11,643 people bear this surname
Kaunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 6,326 | 1:2,706 | 335 |
| DR Congo | 1,621 | 1:45,577 | 5,523 |
| Tanzania | 1,421 | 1:37,257 | 4,307 |
| Zambia | 1,352 | 1:11,723 | 1,359 |
| Kenya | 702 | 1:65,783 | 6,317 |
| Papua New Guinea | 111 | 1:73,457 | 9,617 |
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 1:257,304 | 27,433 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Kaunga (322) may also be a first name.
Kaunga Demographics
Kaunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kaunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaunga (Hindi: कउंगा) is most common in Malawi. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kaunga.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 44,627th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 625,917 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaunga reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 488,964th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 322 people.
It is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 6,326 people, or 1 in 2,706. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 12 percent reside.
Kaunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kaunga last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kaunga earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 77.6% less than the national average, earning R 53,232 per year and in United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaunga in the Hindi language | ||
| कउंगा | ka'unga | - |
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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 Kaunga
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