Bunyau Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Bunyau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 737 | 1:40,019 | 3,263 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
Bunyau (233) may also be a first name.
Bunyau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunyau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bunyau is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunyau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 453,909th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,755,751 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bunyau reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bunyau is also the 587,225th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 233 people.
The surname Bunyau is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 737 people, or 1 in 40,019. In Malaysia Bunyau is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 90 percent reside, Sabah, where 4 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent reside. Not including Malaysia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bunyau
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