Kaunya Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Kaunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 163 | 1:324,795 | 24,514 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Kaunya (14) may also be a first name.
Kaunya Demographics
Kaunya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kaunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaunya (Hindi: कौन्या) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaunya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 937,786th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kaunya reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 324,795. In Tanzania Kaunya is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 90 percent reside, Mara Region, where 6 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.
Kaunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kaunya surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaunya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaunya in the Hindi language | ||
| कौन्या | kaun'ya | - |
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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 Kaunya
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