Kurunye Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kurunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kurunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kurunye is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurunye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kurunye live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurunge | 86 | 155 | / |
| Kurunee | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kuronye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Khurunge | 80 | 30 | / |
| Keurunee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kurungayi | 75 | 9 | / |
| Korounaye | 75 | 8 | / |
| Khorunjye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kurunji | 71 | 176 | / |
| Khuruniyah | 71 | 81 | / |
| Koronye | 71 | 22 | / |
| Curunay | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kurunja | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kurinyj | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kurunhi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kurinje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kurunai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kurunoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koroneye | 67 | 80 | / |
| Kurungai | 67 | 26 | / |
| Koronaye | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kurunaju | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kouroney | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cutruneu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuroniyo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kurunye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis