Mkunya Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Mkunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 687 | 1:77,062 | 7,971 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mkunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkunya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Mkunya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkunya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 482,070th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. Mkunya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkunya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 687 people, or 1 in 77,062. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 87 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 11 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mkunya
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