Kunkan Surname
Approximately 2,337 people bear this surname
Kunkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,176 | 1:352,512 | 19,230 |
| Thailand | 158 | 1:447,078 | 78,527 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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 surname Kunkan (Hindi: कुनकन, Marathi: कुंकन) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kunkan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunkan? popularity and diffusion
Kunkan is the 181,955th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 3,118,334 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kunkan reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 312,567th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 699 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 2,176 people, or 1 in 352,512. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 98 percent reside, Kerala, where 2 percent reside and Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kunkan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kunkan in the Hindi language | ||
| कुनकन | kunakana | - |
| Kunkan in the Marathi language | ||
| कुंकन | kunkana | 50 |
| कुंकण | kunkana | 16.67 |
| कंकन | kankana | 16.67 |
| कुनकन | kunakana | 16.67 |
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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
- 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 Kunkan
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