Bunawas Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Bunawas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bunawas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Bunawas (101) may also be a first name.

Bunawas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bunawas occurs most in The United Arab Emirates. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunawas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bunawas live; 65 percent live in West Asia and 65 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Bunawas is also the 940,641st most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 101 people.

This last name is most common in The United Arab Emirates, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 832,934. Besides The United Arab Emirates Bunawas occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bounawas939/
Bunnawas932/
Bonawas8670/
Bunabas8613/
Bunawos864/
Bounabas801/
Bonawos711/
Bounovas6712/
Bonovas57141/
Bunevaz571/
Mpounovas501/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bunawas
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