Buniya Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Buniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 205 | 1:864,111 | 37,851 |
| India | 106 | 1:7,236,466 | 158,262 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Buniya (4,411) may also be a first name.
Buniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buniya (Bengali: বুনিয়া, Hindi: बुनिया, Marathi: बुिनया, Oriya: ବୁନିୟା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buniya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 842,714th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Buniya are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 103,798th most common first name at a global level, borne by 4,411 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 864,111. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 54 percent are found, Yobe, where 19 percent are found and Kano, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buniya in the Bengali language | ||
| বুনিয়া | buniya | - |
| Buniya in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁନିୟା | buniya | - |
| Buniya in the Hindi language | ||
| बुनिया | buniya | 93.53 |
| बुनीया | buniya | 3.86 |
| बूनिया | buniya | 2.09 |
| बूनीया | buniya | 0.31 |
| बुनिय | buniya | 0.1 |
| बुनियाद | buniyada | 0.1 |
| Buniya in the Marathi language | ||
| बुिनया | buinaya | 83.33 |
| बुनीया | buniya | 16.67 |
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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 Buniya
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