Bunama Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Bunama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bunama (187) may also be a first name.
Bunama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bunama (Hindi: बुनामा, Oriya: ବୁନାମା) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Bunama reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 665,130th most common given name throughout the world, held by 187 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bunama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunama in the Hindi language | ||
| बुनामा | bunama | - |
| Bunama in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁନାମା | bunama | - |
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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 Bunama
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