Bunić Surname

222,575th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,831 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bunić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bunić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina7321:4,831993
Croatia6741:6,274911
Serbia2761:25,8872,857
Slovenia1391:17,8974,141
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Bunic (187) & Bunič (6) are calculated separately.

Bunić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bunić occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Bunic or Bunič. For other potential spellings of Bunić click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunić? popularity and diffusion

It is the 222,575th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,980,091 people. Bunić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bunić live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Bunić is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 4,831. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Bunić is mostly concentrated in: Republika Srpska, where 62 percent reside and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 38 percent reside. Beside Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 37 percent reside and Serbia, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bunic93187/
Bunič936/
Bungić91119/
Bonić80802/
Vunić80357/
Buniz801/
Bunićová774/
Vujnić73344/
Bunich73282/
Bunici73141/
Buneci7349/
Bunits7331/
Bunicz7320/
Bunics7319/
Bounic735/
Buinič732/
Bhunic731/
Vuinić731/
Bouniz731/
Buynich67536/
Buhnici6772/
Bugnitz6755/
Bunnich6742/
Bugnits6734/
Vauhnić676/
Buinich674/
Bouhniz674/
Bujnicz671/
Bounich671/

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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 Bunić
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