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
The surname Bonai (Hindi: बोनाई, Oriya: ବେଣଇଁ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can 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
The last name is the 215,260th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,817,468 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Bonai are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 66 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Bonai is also the 365,345th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 533 people.
This last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,275 people, or 1 in 103,725. In Indonesia Bonai is most prevalent in: Papua, where 88 percent reside, East Java, where 9 percent reside and West Papua, where 2 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Bonai Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bonai has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bonai surname decreased 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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