Bunugu Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Bunugu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bunugu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunugu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bunugu is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunugu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Bunugu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Bunugu live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Bunugu is mostly concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 86 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 14 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunungu | 92 | 24 | / |
| Bounugu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bunungou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bonugu | 83 | 362 | / |
| Vunugu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bounougou | 80 | 166 | / |
| Mpunugu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bhonugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bounoungou | 75 | 561 | / |
| Bounoughou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wununggu | 71 | 11 | / |
| Bonougou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Vonugu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wounoungou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wonogu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Bunugu
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