Bunaw Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Bunaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bunaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Buñaw (1) are calculated separately.

Bunaw (20) may also be a first name.

Bunaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bunaw (Hindi: बुनवा) is more frequently found in Somalia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Buñaw. Click here for other potential spellings of Bunaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunaw? popularity and diffusion

Bunaw is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Bunaw live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 20 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 3,363,015. Other than Somalia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 29 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buñaw931/
Bunawe919/
Bounaw915/
Bugnaw912/
Bunhaw911/
Bhunaw911/
Bounawe836/
Bauneaw831/
Bouneaw831/
Buenaiw831/
Bunow803,683/
Bunab8010/
Bonaw805/
Bunaf801/
Bounab7318,993/
Bunova73308/
Bunnow7356/
Bunnab7321/
Buenav7320/
Bunafe7316/
Bujnow7311/
Bungow739/
Buenaf737/
Butnow735/
Bunhav734/
Bungav732/
Bunowe731/
Bunoow731/
Buunow731/
Bunhow731/
Bunowa731/
Boenaw730/
Baunow730/
Bunows730/
Buynova672,313/
Buinova67836/
Baunova6774/
Bujnova6735/
Bungova6722/
Boenauw6718/
Bounova6715/
Beunafe6710/
Bounaib679/
Boutnaf676/
Buinafe673/
Bounnab673/
Bounowa672/
Buneafe671/
Bunnova671/
Buhnova671/
Boungaf671/
Bunneab671/
Bonneaw670/
Beunaff670/

Bunaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bunaw in the Hindi language
बुनवाbunava-

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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 Bunaw
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