Bunabu Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bunabu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bunabu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bunabu (29) may also be a first name.

Bunabu Last Name Facts

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

Bunabu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunabu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Bunabu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Bunabu are found; 87 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 87 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Bunabu is also the 1,951,561st most widely held forename globally, borne by 29 people.

The last name Bunabu is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Bunabu is most frequent in: Milne Bay, where 92 percent live and Chimbu, where 8 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Bunabu exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bungabu929/
Bunnabut8697/
Bounabou862/
Bonabu831/
Boungabou8033/
Vungabu7717/
Bunawau774/
Bonabau772/
Bonnabau7118/
Wunnabud711/
Bonahabou671/
Wunnawut572/

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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 Bunabu
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