Kunten Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kunten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea551:148,24920,445
India221:34,866,608408,224
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Kunten (22) may also be a first name.

Kunten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kunten (Marathi: कुंट, Oriya: କୁେ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunten? popularity and diffusion

Kunten is the 1,894,523rd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Kunten occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Kunten live; 57 percent live in Oceania Islands and 57 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kunten is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 22 people.

It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea Kunten is most numerous in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent live and Indonesia, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuntenn927/
Kuntuen925/
Khunten925/
Kuinten921/
Kunthaen8651/
Khuntaen861/
Konten83874/
Kuntin83146/
Kuntne8325/
Kuntyn831/
Cunten830/
Khunthaen8036/
Cunthen7767/
Kuntina7755/
Kountin7732/
Kuintin7715/
Quonten7711/
Khuntin776/
Kontien775/
Koumten771/
Kunthin771/
Cuntenn771/
Counten770/
Caunten770/
Qaunten770/
Khunthin712/
Khunting711/
Koumteng711/
Cuntin67124/
Kontin67113/
Conten6745/
Gkountina6718/
Cuntín672/
Kuntim671/
Kuntinova671/

Kunten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kunten in the Oriya language
କୁେkue-
Kunten in the Marathi language
कुंटkunta-

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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 Kunten
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