Kuniyan Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Kuniyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuniyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India161:47,941,586492,263
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Kuniyan (26) may also be a first name.

Kuniyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kuniyan (Hindi: कुनियां, Marathi: कुिनयन, Russian: Куниян) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kuniyan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuniyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Kuniyan is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Kuniyan are found; 59 percent are found in South Asia and 59 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 26 people.

Kuniyan is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India Kuniyan is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 25 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 25 percent reside and Kerala, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 33 percent reside and Moldova, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kuniyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kuniyan in the Hindi language
कुनियांkuniyam84.62
कुनियाँkuniyam7.69
कुंइयांkumiyam7.69
Kuniyan in the Marathi language
कुिनयनkuinayana71.43
कुनीयनkuniyana28.57
Kuniyan in the Russian language
Куниянkunian-

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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 Kuniyan
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