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 is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mkunya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkunya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 482,070th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkunya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 687 people, or 1 in 77,062. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 87 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 11 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Mkunya occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and Malawi, where 0 percent reside.
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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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