Bunaya Surname
Approximately 2,359 people bear this surname
Bunaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,281 | 1:13,364 | 2,088 |
| Indonesia | 598 | 1:221,152 | 20,655 |
| Tanzania | 438 | 1:120,871 | 11,494 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bunaya (3,000) may also be a first name.
Bunaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bunaya (Oriya: ବୁନୟ) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bunaya is the 180,614th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,089,252 people. The last name Bunaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Bunaya live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Bunaya is also the 132,153rd most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 3,000 people.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 1,281 people, or 1 in 13,364. Beside Malawi this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bunaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁନୟ | bunaya | 50 |
| ବୁନାୟ | bunaya | 50 |
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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 Bunaya
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