Bunk Surname
Approximately 6,854 people bear this surname
Bunk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,337 | 1:18,562 | 2,434 |
| United States | 1,245 | 1:291,132 | 27,008 |
| Netherlands | 382 | 1:44,207 | 7,524 |
| Poland | 226 | 1:168,180 | 23,349 |
| Denmark | 216 | 1:26,133 | 2,677 |
| Australia | 123 | 1:219,477 | 21,009 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Taiwan | 33 | 1:710,447 | 5,096 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 1:707,300 | 46,975 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 217 | 1:231,423 | 19,482 |
The alternate forms: Bünk (98) are calculated separately.
Bunk (162) may also be a first name.
Bunk Demographics
Average Male Bunk Height
178.81 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bunk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bunk (Russian: Бунк) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Bünk. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bunk.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunk? popularity and diffusion
It is the 71,997th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,063,254 people. Bunk is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Bunk reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Bunk is also the 720,105th most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 162 people.
This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 4,337 people, or 1 in 18,562. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 15 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.
Bunk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bunk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bunk last name increased 574 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bunk Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bunk surname are 16.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Bunk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.74% less than the national average, earning 173,954 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.41% less than the national average, earning R 148,740 per year; in United States they earn 5.22% more than the national average, earning $45,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.62% less than the national average, earning $38,942 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bünk | 92 | 98 | / |
| Bunke | 89 | 2,970 | / |
| Beunk | 89 | 795 | / |
| Buunk | 89 | 637 | / |
| Bunck | 89 | 327 | / |
| Bounk | 89 | 19 | / |
| Baunk | 89 | 9 | / |
| Buink | 89 | 2 | / |
| Bungk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bhunk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bungke | 80 | 114 | / |
| Butink | 80 | 114 | / |
| Buncke | 80 | 44 | / |
| Beunke | 80 | 24 | / |
| Buinke | 80 | 4 | / |
| Baunke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bunkss | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bunksh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bounke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Baumnk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bunkke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bounck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bonk | 75 | 12,474 | / |
| Bung | 75 | 5,971 | / |
| Bunc | 75 | 219 | / |
| Bunq | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bunx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bunkova | 73 | 2,076 | / |
| Bussink | 73 | 995 | / |
| Beusink | 73 | 169 | / |
| Bunková | 73 | 6 | / |
| Buytink | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buijnck | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhaunke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhunkhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baung | 67 | 2,337 | / |
| Beussink | 67 | 376 | / |
| Boonk | 67 | 296 | / |
| Bhung | 67 | 220 | / |
| Buissink | 67 | 186 | / |
| Buing | 67 | 184 | / |
| Boung | 67 | 105 | / |
| Bungs | 67 | 82 | / |
| Vunck | 67 | 75 | / |
| Bünck | 67 | 56 | / |
| Beung | 67 | 37 | / |
| Boenk | 67 | 28 | / |
| Bunqu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bongk | 67 | 14 | / |
| Buijtink | 67 | 7 | / |
| Buung | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buncková | 67 | 3 | / |
| Buhng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhunc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bujng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bungq | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bunng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buytinck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bunhg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bunxh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baumk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhonk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buinkova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouchenk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buttenck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bungh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bungt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baunkova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buncs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bunct | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vaunk | 67 | 0 | / |
Bunk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunk in the Russian language | ||
| Бунк | bunk | - |
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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 Bunk
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