Dunu Surname
Approximately 2,262 people bear this surname
Dunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 987 | 1:179,476 | 11,042 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Peru | 172 | 1:184,791 | 8,878 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Romania | 47 | 1:427,189 | 34,091 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Dunu (1,114) may also be a first name.
Dunu Demographics
Average Dunu Salary in
United States
$38,283 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dunu (Bengali: দুনু, Hindi: दूनू, Marathi: दुनु, Oriya: ଦୁନୁ, Russian: Дуну, Tibetan: འདུས་ནུ།) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dunu.
How Common Is The Last Name Dunu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dunu is the 187,069th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,221,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Dunu reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dunu is also the 238,904th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 1,114 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 987 people, or 1 in 179,476. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Bayelsa, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Dunu exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 31 percent live and Peru, where 8 percent live.
Dunu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Dunu surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.82% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Dunu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 63.06% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,160 per year; in South Africa they earn 61.06% less than the national average, earning R 92,532 per year and in United States they earn 11.28% less than the national average, earning $38,283 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dunu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dunu in the Tibetan language | ||
| འདུས་ནུ། | dünu | - |
| Dunu in the Bengali language | ||
| দুনু | dunu | - |
| Dunu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦୁନୁ | dunu | 74.52 |
| ଡୁନୁ | dunu | 14.65 |
| ଡୁଣୁ | dunu | 8.28 |
| ଦୂନୁ | dunu | 0.64 |
| ଦୁନୂ | dunu | 0.64 |
| ଡୂଣୁ | dunu | 0.64 |
| Dunu in the Hindi language | ||
| दूनू | dunu | 50 |
| दुनू | dunu | 25 |
| दुनु | dunu | 25 |
| Dunu in the Marathi language | ||
| दुनु | dunu | 50 |
| डुनू | dunu | 25 |
| डूनू | dunu | 8.33 |
| डुनु | dunu | 8.33 |
| दुनू | dunu | 8.33 |
| Dunu in the Russian language | ||
| Дуну | dunu | - |
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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 Dunu
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