Kunkan Surname

181,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kunkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,1761:352,51219,230
Thailand1581:447,07878,527
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kunkan (699) may also be a first name.

Kunkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kunkan (Hindi: कुनकन, Marathi: कुंकन) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kunkan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunkan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 181,955th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,118,334 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kunkan are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 312,567th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 699 people.

This last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 2,176 people, or 1 in 352,512. In India Kunkan is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 98 percent are found, Kerala, where 2 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kunkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kunkan in the Hindi language
कुनकनkunakana-
Kunkan in the Marathi language
कुंकनkunkana50
कुंकणkunkana16.67
कंकनkankana16.67
कुनकनkunakana16.67

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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 Kunkan
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