Bunau Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Bunau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 40 | 1:501,947 | 38,412 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Bünau (13) are calculated separately.
Bunau (422) may also be a first name.
Bunau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bunau (Hindi: बुनाऊ) is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Bünau. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bunau is the 1,746,159th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 39 percent of Bunau reside; 37 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 36 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 418,267th most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 422 people.
This surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 501,947. In Romania Bunau is most frequent in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 73 percent live, Bihor County, where 10 percent live and Mureș County, where 10 percent live. Besides Romania it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bunau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunau in the Hindi language | ||
| बुनाऊ | buna'u | 70.4 |
| बुनाउ | buna'u | 25.6 |
| बुनऊ | buna'u | 1.6 |
| बूनाउ | buna'u | 0.8 |
| बूनाऊ | buna'u | 0.8 |
| बुनउ | buna'u | 0.8 |
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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 Bunau
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