# Kuningas

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**Kuningas** is an [Estonian](/source/Estonians) and [Finnish](/source/Finns) surname, meaning *[king](/source/King)* in both [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language) and [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language).

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 60.7% of all known bearers of the surname *Kuningas* were residents of [Estonia](/source/Estonia) (frequency 1:2,714), 28.9% of [Finland](/source/Finland) (1:23,693), 4.5% of the [United States](/source/United_States) (1:10,034,758), 1.7% of [Sweden](/source/Sweden) (1:703,340) and 1.0% of [Russia](/source/Russia) (1:18,036,396).

In [Finland](/source/Finland), the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:23,693) in the following regions:[1]

- 1. [South Karelia](/source/South_Karelia) (1:2,214)
- 2. [Kymenlaakso](/source/Kymenlaakso) (1:8,138)
- 3. [North Karelia](/source/North_Karelia) (1:14,334)
- 4. [Päijänne Tavastia](/source/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4nne_Tavastia) (1:19,494)
- 5. [Uusimaa](/source/Uusimaa) (1:21,055)

## People

- [Helle Kuningas](/source/Helle_Kuningas) (1949–2014), Estonian actress
- [Merike Rõtova](/source/Merike_R%C3%B5tova) (born 1936), née *Kuningas*, Estonian chess player
- [Mikko Kuningas](/source/Mikko_Kuningas) (born 1997), Finnish professional footballer
- [Tiit Kuningas](/source/Tiit_Kuningas) (born 1949), Estonian sports journalist

## References

1. [Kuningas surname distribution](https://forebears.io/surnames/kuningas)

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