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) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaunya? popularity and diffusion
Kaunya is the 937,786th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kaunya are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname Kaunya is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 324,795. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Lindi Region, where 90 percent are found, Mara Region, where 6 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Kaunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence 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
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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 Kaunya
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