Kunja Surname
Approximately 12,543 people bear this surname
Kunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,541 | 1:89,810 | 5,972 |
| Afghanistan | 2,842 | 1:11,314 | 758 |
| Tanzania | 809 | 1:65,441 | 6,934 |
| Uganda | 111 | 1:351,705 | 23,045 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Kunja (26,935) may also be a first name.
Kunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kunja (Bengali: কুঞ্জ, Hindi: कुन्जा, Marathi: कुंजा, Oriya: କୁ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 41,617th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 581,005 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Kunja live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 30,260th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 26,935 people.
Kunja is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 8,541 people, or 1 in 89,810. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 83 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 8 percent reside and Odisha, where 5 percent reside. Apart from India this surname exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 23 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kunja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kunja in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁ | ku | 96.98 |
| କୁଂଜ | kunja | 1.92 |
| କୁଞ | kuna | 0.09 |
| କୁଂଯ | kunya | 0.03 |
| କୁଂଜା | kunja | 0.03 |
| କୁଜଂ | kujam | 0.02 |
| Kunja in the Marathi language | ||
| कुंजा | kunja | 86.9 |
| कुंज | kunja | 8.33 |
| कूंजा | kunja | 2.38 |
| कुन्जा | kunja | 2.38 |
| Kunja in the Bengali language | ||
| কুঞ্জ | kunja | 84 |
| কুঞ্জরানী | kunjarani | 4 |
| কুঞ্জু | kunju | 2 |
| কুজ্ঞ | kujna | 1 |
| Kunja in the Hindi language | ||
| कुन्जा | kunja | 56.09 |
| कुंजा | kunja | 38.75 |
| कून्जा | kunja | 1.76 |
| कुन्ज | kunja | 1.1 |
| कुँजा | kumja | 0.55 |
| कूंजा | kunja | 0.55 |
| कुंज | kunja | 0.44 |
| कुनजा | kunaja | 0.44 |
| कुजा | kuja | 0.11 |
| कुॅजा | kueja | 0.11 |
| कुंन्जा | kunnja | 0.11 |
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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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- 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 Kunja
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