Buna Surname
Approximately 9,898 people bear this surname
Buna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 4,061 | 1:24,929 | 3,349 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,014 | 1:8,041 | 612 |
| Uganda | 700 | 1:55,770 | 6,581 |
| Romania | 664 | 1:30,238 | 3,850 |
| Nigeria | 507 | 1:349,394 | 18,879 |
| Indonesia | 461 | 1:286,875 | 25,690 |
| India | 280 | 1:2,739,519 | 84,798 |
| Albania | 277 | 1:10,520 | 1,972 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Fiji | 251 | 1:3,563 | 644 |
| Brazil | 239 | 1:895,709 | 32,172 |
| Italy | 196 | 1:312,024 | 38,673 |
| United States | 176 | 1:2,059,426 | 131,385 |
| Canada | 84 | 1:438,638 | 38,170 |
| Ukraine | 79 | 1:576,237 | 63,801 |
| Taiwan | 73 | 1:321,161 | 2,578 |
| Solomon Islands | 62 | 1:9,355 | 1,591 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Hungary | 52 | 1:188,775 | 16,213 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Cambodia | 19 | 1:815,113 | 5,006 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Buña (63) & Bůna (16) are calculated separately.
Buna (15,292) may also be a first name.
Buna Demographics
Average Buna Salary in
United States
$47,060 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Buna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buna (Bengali: বুনা, Georgian: ბუნა, Hindi: बूना, Marathi: बुना, Oriya: ବୁନା, Russian: Буна, Tibetan: བུ་ན།) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Buña or Bůna. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,754th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 736,264 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Buna live; 46 percent live in Southeast Asia and 39 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 45,769th most frequently held forename internationally It is held by 15,292 people.
Buna is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 4,061 people, or 1 in 24,929. In The Philippines Buna is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 35 percent live, Eastern Visayas, where 18 percent live and National Capital Region, where 11 percent live. Barring The Philippines Buna is found in 69 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
Buna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Buna has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Buna surname grew 1,173 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 163 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buna Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Buna last name are 14.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 67.5% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buna earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 327.23% more than the national average, earning R 1,015,250 per year; in United States they earn 9.06% more than the national average, earning $47,060 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.35% more than the national average, earning $52,838 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buna in the Georgian language | ||
| ბუნა | buna | - |
| Buna in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུ་ན། | buna | - |
| Buna in the Bengali language | ||
| বুনা | buna | - |
| Buna in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁନା | buna | 94.35 |
| ବୁଣା | buna | 3.91 |
| ଗୁନା | guna | 0.43 |
| କୁନା | kuna | 0.43 |
| ବୁନ | buna | 0.43 |
| Buna in the Marathi language | ||
| बुना | buna | 86.05 |
| बूना | buna | 9.3 |
| बुणा | buna | 4.65 |
| Buna in the Hindi language | ||
| बूना | buna | 56.13 |
| बुना | buna | 42.48 |
| भोना | bhona | 0.15 |
| बुणा | buna | 0.15 |
| बूनाज़् | bunaz | 0.15 |
| Buna in the Russian language | ||
| Буна | buna | - |
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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 Buna
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