Künniger Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Künniger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Künniger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Kunniger (31) are calculated separately.

Künniger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Künniger occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Kunniger. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Künniger? popularity and diffusion

Künniger is the 4,532,898th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Künniger live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Künniger is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 37 percent reside and Switzerland, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kunniger9631/
Küniger931/
Konniger8893/
Kenniger8832/
Kniger869/
Kuenniger8215/
Koenniger820/
Knaiger8032/
Koniger8014/
Knieger8010/
Kinnige808/
Kuniger805/
Kniguer801/
Kneiger800/
Knitger800/
Knige772/
Koeniger75364/
Khneiger7545/
Cinniger758/
Kennighe751/
Konneger751/
Kenneger751/
Kinneger750/
Kenniser750/
Kennidge750/
Knigge714,523/
Kniser7145/
Knizer7135/
Kniege7115/
Kühnegger7114/
Kneger718/
Knuger714/
Knicer712/
Kienneger712/
Knüger711/
Knager710/
Knigir710/
Khounigere67240/
Knieser6787/
Kneiser6771/
Koneger6737/
Kniegge6732/
Knaizer6718/
Konizer6717/
Kneizer6713/
Khnijer679/
Knegere677/
Kniggee672/
Kinnigheit671/
Kniogge671/
Kennice671/
Knaijer671/
Knedger671/
Knighet671/
Konjger671/
Kunigir671/
Knicher670/
Coniger670/
Knighge670/
Knighie670/
Kennise670/

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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 Künniger
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