Kunkuru Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Kunkuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 187 | 1:246,951 | 16,928 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Kunkuru (131) may also be a first name.
Kunkuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunkuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kunkuru is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunkuru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,133,308th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname Kunkuru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kunkuru reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 811,108th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 131 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 246,951. In Kenya Kunkuru is primarily found in: Narok County, where 53 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 39 percent are found and Laikipia County, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kunkuru
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