Kawunye Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Kawunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
Kawunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawunye is found most in Uganda. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kawunye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawunye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,136,387th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Kawunye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawunye reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 574,107. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Budaka District, where 50 percent live, Buikwe District, where 15 percent live and Kayunga District, where 10 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawunyhe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kawunhye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kawunya | 86 | 111 | / |
| Kawunge | 86 | 22 | / |
| Kawunhe | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kavunye | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kawonye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kawunje | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kawungie | 80 | 41 | / |
| Kambunye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kabuinyeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kavunge | 71 | 77 | / |
| Kabunje | 71 | 25 | / |
| Kawonje | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kawonya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kabounie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khabunje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kinvunye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kavunji | 57 | 862 | / |
| Kavunja | 57 | 85 | / |
| Kawonja | 57 | 4 | / |
| Cavunge | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kobunje | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kinvunge | 53 | 4 | / |
| Kabuinji | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kawonjja | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Kawunye
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