Kitunya Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kitunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Kitunya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kitunya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kitunya is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kitunya.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitunya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Kitunya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitunya are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kitunya is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania Kitunya is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 82 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kitunia866/
Kitonya862/
Ketunya861/
Kitunyo861/
Kithonya801/
Cithunya801/
Chithunya754/
Kitonyo71778/
Kitonia714/
Kittonia671/
Kithonjo534/
Kaytonja531/

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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 Kitunya
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