Koonja Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Koonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 249 | 1:5,194 | 1,045 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Koonja (61) may also be a first name.
Koonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koonja (Hindi: कूंजा) occurs in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koonja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 978,274th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Koonja are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean. Koonja is also the 1,257,960th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 61 people.
The surname Koonja is most widely held in Mauritius, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 5,194. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Flacq District, where 57 percent live, Plaines Wilhems District, where 26 percent live and Rivière du Rempart District, where 13 percent live. Barring Mauritius this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koonja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koonja in the Hindi language | ||
| कूंजा | kunja | - |
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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 Koonja
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