Bunyasi Surname

169,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Bunyasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bunyasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,4151:32,6363,563
Thailand9551:73,9679,728
Uganda1491:262,00919,164
United States131:27,881,456736,413
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Bunyasi (125) may also be a first name.

Bunyasi Last Name Facts

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

Bunyasi occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunyasi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 169,884th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,870,243 people. The last name Bunyasi is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Bunyasi are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 40 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 832,731st most widespread first name on earth, borne by 125 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,415 people, or 1 in 32,636. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Busia County, where 29 percent live, Bungoma County, where 26 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 26 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 38 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.

Bunyasi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bunyasi surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Bunyasi earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 186.8% more than the national average, earning $123,750 USD per year.

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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 Bunyasi
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