Bunawa Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

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

Bunawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bunawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3811:335,54911,759
Papua New Guinea1101:74,1259,709
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bunawa (116) may also be a first name.

Bunawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bunawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 617,991st most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Bunawa live; 77 percent live in East Asia and 77 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Bunawa is also the 868,627th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 116 people.

The surname Bunawa is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 381 people, or 1 in 335,549. In Japan Bunawa is most numerous in: Okayama Prefecture, where 40 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 24 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Besides Japan Bunawa occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Fiji, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bunnawa9240/
Bunawah9211/
Bunaway927/
Bunawau924/
Bunawat921/
Butnawa921/
Bunnaiwa8610/
Bounawas869/
Bhunawat865/
Bunnawat864/
Bunnawas862/
Baunawad862/
Bunnawad861/
Bunawi83109/
Bunava8326/
Bunawe839/
Bonawa838/
Bunowa831/
Bunaeva77155/
Bunavad7727/
Bunobaa7711/
Bhinawa7711/
Bounawe776/
Buenava775/
Bunawos774/
Bunavat774/
Bunabai773/
Bungawe773/
Bunnawi772/
Bunawih772/
Bounaba772/
Bounowa772/
Bonawai771/
Bonhawa771/
Bhunava771/
Boonnawa71155/
Bunnawit7142/
Bunnavad7124/
Buinavad7111/
Bunnowat714/
Bunavait714/
Bounouwa713/
Bunavadh712/
Bunabhai711/
Bounnava711/
Bhunavad711/
Bungawee711/
Bumnavat711/
Bunova67308/
Buneva67173/
Bunabi67131/
Bhuinavad67110/
Bonawi6752/
Bonawe6745/
Bunabo6721/
Bonowa6712/
Bunabe677/
Bhunabhai676/
Bunowo675/
Vunava674/
Bunowe671/
Bunoba671/
Bunave671/
Bonawy670/

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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 Bunawa
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