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
Bunaya (Oriya: ବୁନୟ) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 180,614th most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,089,252 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Bunaya reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 132,153rd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 3,000 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,281 people, or 1 in 13,364. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Tanzania, where 19 percent reside.
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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