Bhunja Surname
Approximately 2,739 people bear this surname
Bhunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,738 | 1:280,155 | 15,938 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Bhunja (111) may also be a first name.
Bhunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bhunja (Hindi: भुन्जा, Marathi: भुंजा, Oriya: ଭୁ) is most common in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bhunja.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhunja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 159,324th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,660,659 people. The last name Bhunja occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bhunja live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 890,531st most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 111 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 2,738 people, or 1 in 280,155. In India it is most common in: West Bengal, where 98 percent live, Maharashtra, where 1 percent live and Odisha, where 0 percent live. Outside of India Bhunja occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhunja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhunja in the Marathi language | ||
| भुंजा | bhunja | 90.57 |
| भूंजा | bhunja | 7.55 |
| भुजगा | bhujaga | 1.89 |
| Bhunja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭୁ | bhu | 80.95 |
| ଭୂ | bhu | 14.29 |
| ଭୂଜ୍ | bhuj | 4.76 |
| Bhunja in the Hindi language | ||
| भुन्जा | bhunja | 68 |
| भुंजा | bhunja | 24 |
| भुनजा | bhunaja | 4 |
| भूंजा | bhunja | 4 |
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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 Bhunja
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