Bununu Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Bununu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
Bununu (53) may also be a first name.
Bununu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bununu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bununu occurs most in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bununu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bununu is the 812,930th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,246,490 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bununu are found; 68 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bununu is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 53 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Besides The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunungu | 92 | 24 | / |
| Buinunu | 92 | 15 | / |
| Bunuunu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Bhununu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Boununu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bungungu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bunungou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vununu | 83 | 390 | / |
| Wununu | 83 | 75 | / |
| Bunonu | 83 | 28 | / |
| Bonunu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bounounou | 80 | 97 | / |
| Mpununu | 77 | 664 | / |
| Bounoungou | 75 | 561 | / |
| Boungounou | 75 | 9 | / |
| Boungoungou | 71 | 11 | / |
| Bounoungnou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphununu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wonunu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wounounou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpounounou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wounoungou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mpounounouh | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bounounu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bougnounou | 50 | 4 | / |
| Bononu | 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
- 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 Bununu
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