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
The surname Kaunya (Hindi: कौन्या) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kaunya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaunya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaunya is the 937,786th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kaunya live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
The surname Kaunya is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 324,795. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 90 percent live, Mara Region, where 6 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.
Kaunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kaunya surname is chiefly 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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