Nkuruna Surname

668,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nkuruna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkuruna Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4481:103,0808,967
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Nkuruna Demographics

Nkuruna Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 8 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Nkuruna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkuruna is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nkuruna.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkuruna? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 668,257th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuruna are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 103,080. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Narok County, where 89 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 11 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 0 percent are found.

Nkuruna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkurruna93804/
Nkurunah93143/
Nkurunna931/
Nkurrunah88199/
Nkorouna80356/
Nkurungo807/
Nkurungi801/
Nkuruiny801/
N'Korouna751/
Nkurumhe672/
Ncorona571/
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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 Nkuruna
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