Kunyan Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kunyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia441:670,32331,889
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Kunyan (18,268) may also be a first name.

Kunyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kunyan (Hindi: कुन्यन, Russian: Кунян) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunyan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,605,694th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Kunyan is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Kunyan are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 87 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kunyan is also the 40,389th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 18,268 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 670,323. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 84 percent are found, Negeri Sembilan, where 9 percent are found and Johor, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.

Kunyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kunyan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kunyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kunyan in the Hindi language
कुन्यनkun'yana-
Kunyan in the Russian language
Кунянkunan-

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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 Kunyan
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