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) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,011,991st most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Bunji live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 34,727th most widespread given name on earth, held by 22,402 people.
The surname Bunji is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 125,115. In Cameroon Bunji is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent are found, Centre Region, where 10 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.
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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