Kunjin Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Kunjin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 263 | 1:31,003 | 3,561 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kunjin (8,776) may also be a first name.
Kunjin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunjin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kunjin (Marathi: कुंजीन) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunjin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kunjin is the 878,878th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Kunjin reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kunjin is also the 66,829th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 8,776 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 31,003. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Jiwaka, where 66 percent live, Chimbu, where 17 percent live and Western Highlands, where 14 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kunjin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kunjin in the Marathi language | ||
| कुंजीन | kunjina | - |
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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 Kunjin
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