Bunya Surname
Approximately 6,453 people bear this surname
Bunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2,176 | 1:32,462 | 3,282 |
| Japan | 1,857 | 1:68,845 | 4,902 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Malaysia | 406 | 1:72,646 | 5,249 |
| Uganda | 374 | 1:104,383 | 10,356 |
| Zimbabwe | 272 | 1:56,758 | 8,599 |
| Russia | 168 | 1:857,875 | 69,146 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Hungary | 95 | 1:103,329 | 9,926 |
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Belarus | 28 | 1:339,324 | 36,540 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Transnistria | 10 | 1:47,470 | 7,079 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Bunya (41,460) may also be a first name.
Bunya Demographics
Bunya Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Bunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bunya (Hindi: बुन्या, Marathi: बुन्या, Russian: Буня) is most common in Thailand. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bunya is the 76,020th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,129,327 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Bunya live; 41 percent live in Southeast Asia and 34 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 21,594th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 41,460 people.
This surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is borne by 2,176 people, or 1 in 32,462. In Thailand Bunya is most common in: Chonburi Province, where 12 percent are found, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 9 percent are found and Nan Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Thailand Bunya is found in 33 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 29 percent are found and Malawi, where 9 percent are found.
Bunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bunya last name is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Bunya last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.
Bunya earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.86% more than the national average, earning $49,991 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bunya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunya in the Marathi language | ||
| बुन्या | bun'ya | 90.48 |
| बुण्या | bunya | 4.76 |
| बुण् | bun | 4.76 |
| Bunya in the Hindi language | ||
| बुन्या | bun'ya | 50 |
| बुनया | bunaya | 25 |
| बुण्या | bunya | 25 |
| Bunya in the Russian language | ||
| Буня | buna | - |
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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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- 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 Bunya
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