Kukai Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Kukai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 97 | 1:84,059 | 11,132 |
| Hungary | 32 | 1:306,759 | 23,012 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kukai (113) may also be a first name.
Kukai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kukai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kukai (Hindi: कुकई, Marathi: कुकै, Oriya: କୁକାଇ) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kukai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,111,382nd most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname Kukai is mostly found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Kukai live; 47 percent live in Oceania Islands and 45 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kukai is also the 881,625th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 113 people.
The last name Kukai is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 84,059. In Papua New Guinea Kukai is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 76 percent are found, Madang, where 14 percent are found and Bougainville, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 15 percent are found and Ukraine, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kukai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kukai in the Hindi language | ||
| कुकई | kuka'i | - |
| Kukai in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁକାଇ | kuka'i | - |
| Kukai in the Marathi language | ||
| कुकै | kukai | 50 |
| कुकाई | kuka'i | 50 |
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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 Kukai
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