Bonvu Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bonvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Bonvu Last Name Facts

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

Bonvu is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonvu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Bonvu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonvu are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Bonvu is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 95 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Barring South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live.

Bonvu Last Name Statistics demography

Bonvu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.62% less than the national average, earning R 110,220 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bonvoux8311/
Boonvut835/
Bonvous832/
Bonvaux831/
Bomvu80855/
Banvu8038/
Bonbu802/
Bonvoust7741/
Bonbou73198/
Vonvou7323/
Bonbui7319/
Benvau7310/
Bonwui732/
Banvou732/
Bonwou732/
Bonbut731/
Bonbuy731/
Boonbu731/
Boonwu731/
Bounvoust711/
Boonbut6790/
Bounbou678/
Boonwut675/
Vounvou672/
Bonnwuu671/
Boonbou671/
Bonmbou671/
Bonbouy671/

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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 Bonvu
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