Buntung Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Buntung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buntung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Buntung (94) may also be a first name.

Buntung Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buntung occurs most in Indonesia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buntung? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Buntung reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 980,251st most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 94 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 4,723,186. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 46 percent live, North Kalimantan, where 21 percent live and North Maluku, where 18 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 37 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.

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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 Buntung
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