Buñay Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Buñay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buñay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia231:2,077,13412,400
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

The alternate forms: Bunay (1,236) are calculated separately.

Buñay Last Name Facts

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

Buñay (Hindi: बुनय) occurs in Colombia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Bunay. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buñay? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Buñay reside; 78 percent reside in South America and 67 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The surname Buñay is most prevalent in Colombia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,077,134. In Colombia Buñay is most frequent in: Nariño Department, where 57 percent live, Cundinamarca Department, where 30 percent live and Capital District, where 4 percent live. Barring Colombia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bunay931,236/
Buñgay913/
Buña8963/
Buñy891/
Bueña8069/
Buñas809/
Bauña807/
Buñey801/
Buñat801/
Buñ751/
Bungay736,182/
Bunayu732,451/
Bunaya732,359/
Bugnay731,122/
Buynay73253/
Baunay73101/
Bounay7357/
Bunayo7336/
Bunnay7310/
Bunaye735/
Bunhay735/
Buinay735/
Bunayi734/
Bhunay734/
Bunyay734/
Bunaay731/
Buiñas731/
Bumjay731/
Buenay731/
Bunauy731/
Bunjay730/
Buna679,898/
Buñi671,059/
Buny67529/
Buynaya67287/
Buñe67259/
Bounaya67252/
Bunayah67235/
Bunayya67230/
Bunaiya67178/
Bhunaya6752/
Bungaya6751/
Bhuinay6731/
Bounaye6717/
Bunayos6714/
Bunaiye6714/
Bunayat6714/
Bunyaya674/
Bungayo673/
Bunayot673/
Bhunaye671/
Bhunajy671/
Bunaaya671/
Vuña671/
Bunyayi671/
Busnaya671/
Bhunayo671/
Bhungay671/

Buñay Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buñay in the Hindi language
बुनयbunaya-

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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 Buñay
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