Kunuk Surname

809,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 345 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Greenland

Kunuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunuk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2311:336,88921,468
Canada411:898,67368,969
Indonesia351:3,778,548197,284
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Greenland71:8,054710
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Kunuk (493) may also be a first name.

Kunuk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kunuk (Hindi: कुनुक, Marathi: कुनुक) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunuk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 809,613th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Kunuk reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 63 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 382,601st most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 493 people.

This surname is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 336,889. In Turkey Kunuk is most numerous in: Bursa Province, where 21 percent are found, Kocaeli Province, where 15 percent are found and Aydin Province, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Turkey Kunuk occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 12 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kunnuk9157/
Kumnuk915/
Kunuke913/
Kusnuk911/
Kunouk911/
Kounuk911/
Kunauk911/
Khusnuk831/
Kounouk831/
Kuinguk831/
Konuk8014,971/
Kunok80843/
Kinuk8056/
Kunug8050/
Cunuk801/
Kunukova771/
Kounouke771/
Kunnok73851/
Cunnuk73104/
Konukh7370/
Koonuk7320/
Kuinok7312/
Khonuk739/
Kunock734/
Cunguk733/
Kuynok731/
Kunogk731/
Kinauk731/
Khunok731/
Konuck731/
Kinukh731/
Kinuik731/
Khunnok6777/
Konheuk671/
Cunnukh671/
Cunnuck670/

Kunuk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kunuk in the Hindi language
कुनुकkunuka-
Kunuk in the Marathi language
कुनुकkunuka-

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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 Kunuk
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