Kukunu Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Kukunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kukunu (53) may also be a first name.
Kukunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kukunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kukunu (Hindi: कुकुनू, Oriya: କୁକୁନୁ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kukunu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kukunu is the 1,894,523rd most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Kukunu live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 53 people.
The last name Kukunu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 2,393,821. In Nigeria Kukunu is most common in: Benue, where 70 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Ogun, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kukunu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kukunu in the Hindi language | ||
| कुकुनू | kukunu | - |
| Kukunu in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁକୁନୁ | kukunu | - |
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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 Kukunu
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