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

Kunten (Marathi: कुंट, Oriya: କୁେ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Kunten reside; 57 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kunten is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 22 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent are found and Indonesia, where 19 percent are found.

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
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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 Kunten
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