Kunyah Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Kunyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Kunyah (16) may also be a first name.
Kunyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kunyah is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunyah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kunyah are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kunyah is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used given name on earth, held by 16 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Kunyah
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