Buñag Surname

138,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Buñag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buñag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3,2241:31,4014,572
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Bunag (5,603) are calculated separately.

Buñag Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buñag occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Bunag. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buñag? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 138,371st most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,253,416 people. The last name Buñag occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Buñag are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 3,224 people, or 1 in 31,401. In The Philippines Buñag is most numerous in: Mimaropa, where 43 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 18 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines Buñag exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bunag935,603/
Buñgag911/
Buñog80104/
Bunnag733,126/
Bungag73975/
Buniag73496/
Bunyag73181/
Busnag739/
Buneag734/
Bounag734/
Bujnag731/
Bunaag731/
Baunag731/
Bunayog671,178/
Bhunjag67249/
Bunaugh6715/
Busneag675/
Bounagh672/
Buunnag671/
Bausnag671/
Buugnag671/
Bușneag671/
Bungaag671/

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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 Buñag
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