Kunama Surname
Approximately 995 people bear this surname
Kunama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 486 | 1:145,346 | 22,815 |
| Nigeria | 428 | 1:413,885 | 21,554 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Kunama (357) may also be a first name.
Kunama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kunama (Oriya: କୁନାମା) occurs most in Thailand. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kunama.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 363,083rd most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,324,167 people. The last name Kunama occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Kunama reside; 49 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 49 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Kunama is also the 461,021st most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 357 people.
The last name Kunama is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 145,346. In Thailand Kunama is primarily concentrated in: Chiang Rai Province, where 44 percent reside, Lamphun Province, where 22 percent reside and Tak Province, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Thailand this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 43 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kunama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kunama in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁନାମା | kunama | 62.5 |
| କୁନମା | kunama | 37.5 |
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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 Kunama
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