Kunye Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Kunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Künye (64) are calculated separately.
Kunye (139) may also be a first name.
Kunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kunye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Künye. For other possible spellings of Kunye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. Kunye is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Kunye are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 139 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 41 percent reside, Lagos, where 36 percent reside and Ogun, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent reside and Malaysia, where 12 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 Kunye
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