Kunawa Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kunawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Kunawa (21) may also be a first name.

Kunawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kunawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kunawa is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kunawa is the 4,307,654th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Kunawa live; 57 percent live in Oceania Islands and 57 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 21 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Kunawa is most prevalent in: Northern, where 58 percent reside, Bougainville, where 8 percent reside and Chimbu, where 8 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Kunawa
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