Bunji Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Bunji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 166 | 1:125,115 | 14,217 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Bunji (22,402) may also be a first name.
Bunji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bunji (Hindi: बुंजी, Oriya: ବୁି) is most common in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,011,991st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Bunji reside; 79 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 34,727th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 22,402 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 125,115. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent live, Centre Region, where 10 percent live and Littoral Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Cameroon it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bunji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunji in the Hindi language | ||
| बुंजी | bunji | - |
| Bunji in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁି | bui | - |
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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 Bunji
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