Bunks Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Latvia

Bunks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bunks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Latvia51:410,00928,210
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Bunks Last Name Facts

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

Bunks is found in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bunks.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunks? popularity and diffusion

Bunks is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Bunks live; 46 percent live in East Asia and 46 percent live in Sino-East Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in Taiwan, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,907,458. In Taiwan it is most numerous in: New Taipei City, where 100 percent reside. Other than Taiwan this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 38 percent reside and Germany, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bunkse919/
Bunkss912/
Bunksh912/
Bungs8082/
Bonks8014/
Buncs801/
Vunks800/
Bunksche771/
Bungse734/
Bungsh734/
Bungss733/
Bunkše732/
Bungst731/
Boncks730/
Boungs730/
Bhungse671/
Bunx671/
Butings671/
Baunchs670/
Bussings623/
Bungsche622/
Buggings621/
Buttings620/
Bongs60136/
Vuncs6080/
Bunxh601/
Vunckx5563/
Vounckx50262/

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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 Bunks
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