Kunyenya Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kunyenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunyenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe941:164,23720,345
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kunyenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kunyenya is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunyenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Kunyenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kunyenya live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 164,237. In Zimbabwe Kunyenya is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 74 percent reside, Harare Province, where 14 percent reside and Matabeleland North Province, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Konyenya889/
Kunuenya881/
Kunyenja881/
Kunyinya881/
Kunjenya881/
Kounougna5916/
Kounounya595/
Kunuyania591/
Khusnainiah53214/
Kunjinjo5013/

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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 Kunyenya
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