Bunu Surname
Approximately 19,526 people bear this surname
Bunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15,215 | 1:11,643 | 1,209 |
| South Africa | 1,483 | 1:36,533 | 4,681 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,060 | 1:14,564 | 2,020 |
| Kenya | 563 | 1:82,025 | 7,544 |
| Indonesia | 241 | 1:548,752 | 44,260 |
| Romania | 239 | 1:84,008 | 9,826 |
| Moldova | 200 | 1:17,807 | 3,044 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 129 | 1:63,207 | 8,198 |
| Tanzania | 77 | 1:687,553 | 39,898 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Ukraine | 29 | 1:1,569,748 | 122,792 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Bunu (15,018) may also be a first name.
Bunu Demographics
Average Bunu Salary in
United States
$71,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bunu (Bengali: বুনু, Hindi: बुनू, Marathi: बुनु, Oriya: ବୁନୁ, Russian: Буну, Tibetan: བུ་ནུ་) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunu? popularity and diffusion
Bunu is the 27,529th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 373,223 people. The last name Bunu is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bunu live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bunu is also the 46,349th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 15,018 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15,215 people, or 1 in 11,643. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 51 percent are found, Yobe, where 19 percent are found and Bauchi, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
Bunu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bunu last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (93%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
The amount Bunu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 30.15% less than the national average, earning R 165,984 per year and in United States they earn 65.7% more than the national average, earning $71,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bunu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunu in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུ་ནུ་ | bunu | - |
| Bunu in the Bengali language | ||
| বুনু | bunu | - |
| Bunu in the Marathi language | ||
| बुनु | bunu | - |
| Bunu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁନୁ | bunu | 94.19 |
| ବୁଣୁ | bunu | 3.23 |
| ବୁନୂ | bunu | 0.65 |
| ବୁନ | buna | 0.22 |
| ବୂନୁ | bunu | 0.22 |
| Bunu in the Hindi language | ||
| बुनू | bunu | 40 |
| बुनु | bunu | 35 |
| बूनू | bunu | 25 |
| Bunu in the Russian language | ||
| Буну | bunu | - |
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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 Bunu
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