Kunya Surname
Approximately 5,985 people bear this surname
Kunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,737 | 1:14,264 | 2,257 |
| Thailand | 2,178 | 1:32,433 | 3,278 |
| Nigeria | 428 | 1:413,885 | 21,554 |
| Kenya | 217 | 1:212,811 | 15,182 |
| Hungary | 72 | 1:136,337 | 12,556 |
| Malaysia | 71 | 1:415,412 | 21,545 |
| Slovakia | 58 | 1:92,008 | 17,690 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Kazakhstan | 32 | 1:552,578 | 39,450 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
The alternate forms: Kúnya (5) are calculated separately.
Kunya (3,013) may also be a first name.
Kunya Demographics
Average Kunya Salary in
United States
$35,139 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kunya (Hindi: कुन्या, Marathi: कुन्या, Russian: Куня) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Kúnya. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 81,208th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,217,635 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Kunya are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 131,783rd most widely held given name on earth, borne by 3,013 people.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 2,737 people, or 1 in 14,264. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kaliro District, where 58 percent are found, Luuka District, where 10 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Kunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Christian (67%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kunya surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.
Kunya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.56% less than the national average, earning $35,139 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kunya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kunya in the Hindi language | ||
| कुन्या | kun'ya | 72.73 |
| कुनया | kunaya | 9.09 |
| कुण्या | kunya | 9.09 |
| कून्या | kun'ya | 9.09 |
| Kunya in the Marathi language | ||
| कुन्या | kun'ya | 47.06 |
| कून्या | kun'ya | 17.65 |
| कुण्या | kunya | 17.65 |
| कुञ्या | kunya | 17.65 |
| Kunya in the Russian language | ||
| Куня | kuna | - |
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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 Kunya
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