Nkunu Surname

452,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Nkunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Tanzania2541:208,43217,623
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Nkunu (200) may also be a first name.

Nkunu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkunu is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkunu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 452,572nd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,716,728 people. The last name Nkunu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkunu reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkunu is also the 640,739th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 200 people.

It is most numerous in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Excluding Ghana this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkungu917,099/
Ngkunu9113/
N'Kunu916/
Nkuenu914/
Nkhunu912/
Nkounou83680/
Nkunguu83331/
Nkhungu8324/
Nkuinou8310/
Nkuenou832/
Nkeunou831/
Nkuingu831/
Nkoungu831/
Nkonu80766/
Nkinu80149/
Ncunu8010/
N'Kounou77649/
Nkoungou7764/
Nkuingou771/
Ngkonu7346/
Ncungu739/
Ngcunu732/
Nkienu731/
Nkonnu731/
Ngcungu671/
Nconu601/
Nkonou5512/
Nkinou551/
N'Konou5046/
Ngkonau504/

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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 Nkunu
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