Thunya Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Thunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Thunya (361) may also be a first name.
Thunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thunya (Marathi: ठुण्या) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thunya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thunya is the 1,152,132nd most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Thunya live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 458,188th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 361 people.
Thunya is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Other than Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hthunya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Thunyoa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tunya | 91 | 879 | / |
| Tounya | 83 | 41 | / |
| Taunya | 83 | 28 | / |
| Tunyah | 83 | 9 | / |
| Thunia | 83 | 5 | / |
| Thunyo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Teunya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tunyaa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thounaiya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tunaiya | 77 | 60 | / |
| Thunyoo | 77 | 31 | / |
| Thunjai | 77 | 27 | / |
| Thounyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tunia | 73 | 2,022 | / |
| Tonya | 73 | 1,556 | / |
| Tunja | 73 | 1,107 | / |
| Tunha | 73 | 949 | / |
| Tugna | 73 | 761 | / |
| Tunea | 73 | 658 | / |
| Tunyo | 73 | 72 | / |
| Tónya | 73 | 22 | / |
| Tuinea | 67 | 363 | / |
| Tounia | 67 | 346 | / |
| Tuniah | 67 | 168 | / |
| Tungia | 67 | 149 | / |
| Tunjai | 67 | 110 | / |
| Tunjoy | 67 | 57 | / |
| Tunhai | 67 | 47 | / |
| Tuniat | 67 | 28 | / |
| Tougna | 67 | 27 | / |
| Tunjas | 67 | 18 | / |
| Teugna | 67 | 12 | / |
| Taunja | 67 | 12 | / |
| Taunia | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tusnia | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tunias | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tunyot | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tunjia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tonyaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tumnia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tonyah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tonyha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tunjah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tunyos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tunhay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tonnya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thunjo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thuneo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tonjya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tunhau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tunjad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tungna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonyaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunhah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuniaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tounea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonyea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tounja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunyoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunyod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunnia | 67 | 1 | / |
Thunya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thunya in the Marathi language | ||
| ठुण्या | thunya | 53.33 |
| ठुन्या | thun'ya | 33.33 |
| ठून्या | thun'ya | 6.67 |
| ठु | thu | 4 |
| थुन्या | thun'ya | 2.67 |
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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 Thunya
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