Kun Surname
Approximately 72,612 people bear this surname
Kun Surname User-submission:
The surname of Hungarians of Cumanian (Kun) descent. The Cumans, also called as Polovtsians by the Slavs, were a Turkic nomadic people in Eastern Europe forming the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. They were settled in central Hungary by King Béla IV in 1246.
Read More About This SurnameKun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 21,137 | 1:540 | 107 |
| Cambodia | 15,429 | 1:1,004 | 262 |
| Hungary | 9,534 | 1:1,030 | 108 |
| Vietnam | 8,710 | 1:10,637 | 288 |
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| Liberia | 2,125 | 1:2,075 | 273 |
| Romania | 1,489 | 1:13,484 | 1,725 |
| Indonesia | 1,186 | 1:111,509 | 11,380 |
| United States | 1,131 | 1:320,477 | 29,222 |
| China | 1,046 | 1:1,307,191 | 320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 957 | 1:8,520 | 654 |
| India | 942 | 1:814,294 | 36,381 |
| Malaysia | 550 | 1:53,626 | 4,155 |
| Ukraine | 545 | 1:83,528 | 11,936 |
| Nigeria | 504 | 1:351,474 | 18,977 |
| Hong Kong | 450 | 1:16,301 | 397 |
| Iraq | 346 | 1:101,219 | 3,038 |
| Canada | 317 | 1:116,232 | 12,335 |
| South Korea | 314 | 1:163,186 | 179 |
| Poland | 304 | 1:125,029 | 18,490 |
| Brazil | 276 | 1:775,632 | 28,196 |
| Russia | 273 | 1:527,923 | 48,073 |
| Kenya | 261 | 1:176,934 | 13,356 |
| Thailand | 256 | 1:275,931 | 47,460 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Germany | 152 | 1:529,641 | 44,407 |
| Australia | 151 | 1:178,779 | 18,110 |
| Singapore | 124 | 1:44,417 | 1,692 |
| Taiwan | 115 | 1:203,867 | 1,752 |
| Brunei | 103 | 1:4,065 | 647 |
| Argentina | 92 | 1:464,602 | 34,717 |
| Serbia | 87 | 1:82,126 | 7,026 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Nauru | 71 | 1:167 | 42 |
| Slovakia | 68 | 1:78,477 | 15,212 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Ecuador | 47 | 1:338,422 | 9,364 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| Lebanon | 37 | 1:152,354 | 7,395 |
| Austria | 36 | 1:236,540 | 28,356 |
| Mexico | 35 | 1:3,546,463 | 24,778 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Kazakhstan | 30 | 1:589,417 | 41,433 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Spain | 26 | 1:1,798,155 | 50,469 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Macau | 14 | 1:42,974 | 357 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Marshall Islands | 11 | 1:4,711 | 882 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 87 | 1:577,226 | 39,167 |
The alternate forms: Kün (1,254), Kún (129) & Kúñ (1) are calculated separately.
Kun (2,205,867) may also be a first name.
Kun Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname of Hungarians of Cumanian (Kun) descent. The Cumans, also called as Polovtsians by the Slavs, were a Turkic nomadic people in Eastern Europe forming the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. They were settled in central Hungary by King Béla IV in 1246. They kept their autonomy over the centuries, till 1876. Modern-day Cumans have Hungarian identity and speak Hungarian. The last speaker of their language, belonging to the West Kipchak Turkic branch, died in 1770.
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Kun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kun (Bengali: কুন, Georgian: კუნ, Hindi: कुं, Marathi: कून, Oriya: କୁନ, Russian: Кун, Tibetan: ཀུན་) is most common in South Sudan. It may occur in the variant forms: Kün, Kún or Kúñ. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,829th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 100,363 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 42 percent of Kun are found; 36 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 29 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 263rd most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 2,205,867 people.
The last name is most frequently used in South Sudan, where it is carried by 21,137 people, or 1 in 540. Excluding South Sudan Kun exists in 118 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 21 percent live and Hungary, where 13 percent live.
Kun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kun has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kun last name rose 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 757 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (76%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Orthodox (75%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (88%) in Lebanon, Christian (98%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Kun are 0.20999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.02% being registered with the party.
The amount Kun earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 3.16% more than the national average, earning R 245,148 per year; in United States they earn 4.07% more than the national average, earning $44,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.77% more than the national average, earning $53,048 CAD per year.
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Kun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kun in the Georgian language | ||
| კუნ | kun | - |
| Kun in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀུན་ | kün | - |
| Kun in the Bengali language | ||
| কুন | kuna | - |
| Kun in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁନ | kuna | 91.35 |
| କୁଞ | kuna | 4.33 |
| କୁନ୍ | kun | 2.31 |
| କୁଣ୍ | kun | 0.07 |
| କୁଞ୍ | kun | 0.07 |
| Kun in the Marathi language | ||
| कून | kuna | 68.89 |
| कुन | kuna | 28.89 |
| कुण | kuna | 2.22 |
| Kun in the Hindi language | ||
| कुं | kum | 52.55 |
| कुन | kuna | 28.18 |
| कुँ | kum | 6.62 |
| कुन्दन | kundana | 5.01 |
| कुण् | kun | 1.36 |
| कुन् | kun | 0.25 |
| कुञ् | kun | 0.08 |
| Kun in the Russian language | ||
| Кун | kun | - |
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