Kunhi

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kunhi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Arab Emirates than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 2.6M(measured from records)
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 18K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 194K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United Arab Emirates (inferred from the name graph)

≈550 people, est.

Sources
55 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

United Arab Emirates, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kunhi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kunhi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AE United Arab Emirates≈550 est.≈1 in 18K—Kunhi1
IN India5181 in 2.6M518Kunhi55
ID Indonesia≈340 est.≈1 in 783K—Kunhi5
MY Malaysia≈170 est.≈1 in 194K—Kunhi13
SG Singapore≈8 est.≈1 in 793K—Kunhi1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kunhi is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bangla surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Languages: Bangla, Odia

    Also written কনহি

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United Arab Emirates

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Künhi

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Kunhi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 551 people named Kunhi in the United Arab Emirates, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kunhi.
How common is the name Kunhi?
In India, the national register counted 518 people named Kunhi, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.

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About this data

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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kunhi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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