Kaunye Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Kaunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 482 | 1:32,030 | 4,953 |
| Uganda | 86 | 1:453,945 | 27,029 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kaunye (16) may also be a first name.
Kaunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaunye occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaunye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 554,992nd most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,696,073 people. The last name Kaunye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaunye reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name Kaunye is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 32,030. In Zimbabwe Kaunye is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 40 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 38 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 15 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kaunye
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