Mkunya Surname

482,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mkunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6871:77,0627,971
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhunya92149/
Mkonya83556/
Mkunja83301/
Mkunyo831/
Mkhonya77106/
Mkhunyo771/
Mkonyo67212/
Mkonja673/
Mcunha673/
Mkuneo671/
McGunia626/
Mkhonia622/
Mkhuneo621/
Mkhonyo621/
Mkonjah621/
Mkhonja621/
Mkhonjia571/
McCunnia570/
McCaugney5314/
Mkonjo50237/
Mkoneo501/
McCounihay500/

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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 Mkunya
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