Nkunyu Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Nkunyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nkunyu (265) may also be a first name.
Nkunyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkunyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkunyu is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nkunyu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkunyu? popularity and diffusion
Nkunyu is the 1,860,621st most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkunyu are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nkunyu is also the 546,451st most widespread given name internationally, borne by 265 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon Nkunyu is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 99 percent live and South Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Namibia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Nkunyu
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