Kaunja Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Kaunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kaunja (16) may also be a first name.
Kaunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaunja (Oriya: କାଉା) has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaunja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Kaunja is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Kaunja are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kaunja is also the 2,786,762nd most common given name in the world, held by 16 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 792,496. In Zambia it is most common in: Western Province, where 80 percent live and Northern Province, where 20 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 34 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaunja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaunja in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଉା | kaua | - |
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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 Kaunja
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