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 surname Kunyan (Hindi: कुन्यन, Russian: Кунян) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,605,694th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kunyan reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 40,389th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 18,268 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 670,323. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 84 percent are found, Negeri Sembilan, where 9 percent are found and Johor, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.

Kunyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kunyan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kunyan surname declined 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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