Kuwun Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kuwun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Kuwun (43) may also be a first name.
Kuwun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuwun is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Kuwun occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Kuwun live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kuwun is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 43 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Kuwun is most common in: Jiwaka, where 95 percent live and Madang, where 5 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keuwoun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuwon | 80 | 99 | / |
| Kiwun | 80 | 26 | / |
| Kowun | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kuvun | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kuwum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kouwoung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keuwoung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouwon | 73 | 28 | / |
| Kubuin | 73 | 18 | / |
| Khuwon | 73 | 13 | / |
| Kuvunc | 73 | 9 | / |
| Keuwon | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kiwaun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khuvung | 67 | 101 | / |
| Keuboun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kouwoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khauwon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kowon | 60 | 103 | / |
| Kubuń | 60 | 5 | / |
| Kivun | 60 | 4 | / |
| Cubun | 60 | 2 | / |
| Cuwon | 60 | 2 | / |
| Kuvum | 60 | 1 | / |
| Khowon | 55 | 214 | / |
| Cuvgun | 55 | 22 | / |
| Cuvunt | 55 | 1 | / |
| Quowon | 55 | 1 | / |
| Cubuin | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kuhuhausen | 53 | 2 | / |
| Kouhouehoun | 50 | 14 | / |
| Kouvoum | 50 | 13 | / |
| Koussouhoun | 50 | 3 | / |
| Cowhoun | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kuivoon | 50 | 1 | / |
| Koowoon | 50 | 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
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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 Kuwun
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