Surname Kunene (Kunene 
, كونين 
) , around the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Kunene is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Eswatini, where it is a widespread surname, South Africa, where it is quite a common surname, and Lesotho. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. Much less frequently, Kunene is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Kunene | Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Taiwan, Lesotho |
| كونين | Iran, Sudan |
| mazisi kunene South African poet, ZA (b. 1930) |
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| daniel kunene (b. 1923) |
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| daniel p. kunene (b. 1949) |
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| vusi kunene actor, ZA (b. 1966) |
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| victor kunene South African boxer, ZA (b. 1966) |
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| kenny kunene South African businessman, ZA (b. 1970) |
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| dominic kunene Swazi football manager, SZ |
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| zamantimande kunene researcher |
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| siyabonga h kunene researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-4880-2120) |
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| hlengiwe precious kunene researcher |
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| manqoba kunene Swazi footballer, SZ (b. 1982) |
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| jerry kunene |
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| zamantimande kunene |
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| mxolisi kunene football player (b. 1991) |
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| ntandoyenkosi kunene Miss South Africa 2016, ZA (b. 1992) |
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