Boenawan Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Boenawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boenawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia771:1,717,522111,746
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Boenawan (36) may also be a first name.

Boenawan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boenawan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Boenawan occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boenawan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,034,059th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Boenawan live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Boenawan is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 36 people.

This surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 1,717,522. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 74 percent live, South Kalimantan, where 9 percent live and Jakarta, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benawan93179/
Bonawan9398/
Benhawan88543/
Bunawan801,719/
Banawan801,434/
Beñawan8011/
Bonowan807/
Bonawon802/
Benavan802/
Bonavan801/
Bannawan7515/
Behnavan7510/
Banhawan757/
Benhavan756/
Bunnawan752/
Bhenavan751/
Banawon67184/
Buñawan6748/
Banavan6724/
Bunawam676/
Bonovan676/
Bunnawasin674/
Bonavon673/
Benevan672/
Benovan671/
Bunaban671/
Bahignawan671/
Bonevan670/
Banavann6366/
Bhanavan637/
Bunavant632/
Benayuon632/
Bannawon631/
Bunnawong59171/
Bounavong593/
Bounnavong5633/
Bunnaisuan5630/
Butnaisuan5611/
Boungnavong5328/
Banavon531/
Benevon530/
Bannavon501/

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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 Boenawan
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