Bonai Surname
Approximately 1,909 people bear this surname
Bonai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,275 | 1:103,725 | 10,670 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| Papua New Guinea | 125 | 1:65,230 | 8,500 |
| Cameroon | 94 | 1:220,948 | 22,265 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Iran | 54 | 1:1,421,899 | 57,683 |
| Japan | 51 | 1:2,506,751 | 30,743 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Bónai (12) are calculated separately.
Bonai (533) may also be a first name.
Bonai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonai (Hindi: बोनाई, Oriya: ବେଣଇଁ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Bónai. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 215,260th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,817,468 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Bonai are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 66 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 365,345th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 533 people.
Bonai is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,275 people, or 1 in 103,725. In Indonesia Bonai is primarily concentrated in: Papua, where 88 percent live, East Java, where 9 percent live and West Papua, where 2 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Bonai Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bonai has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bonai last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bonai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bonai in the Oriya language | ||
| ବେଣଇଁ | bena'im | - |
| Bonai in the Hindi language | ||
| बोनाई | bona'i | 50 |
| बोनई | bona'i | 50 |
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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 Bonai
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