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
Bunau (Hindi: बुनाऊ) occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Bünau. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,746,159th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Bunau is predominantly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Bunau are found; 37 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 36 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Bunau is also the 418,267th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 422 people.
Bunau is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 501,947. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 73 percent are found, Bihor County, where 10 percent are found and Mureș County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Romania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 31 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent are found.
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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