Gunu Surname
Approximately 3,010 people bear this surname
Gunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,870 | 1:14,450 | 1,872 |
| Nigeria | 714 | 1:248,099 | 14,359 |
| Indonesia | 124 | 1:1,066,526 | 77,317 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Solomon Islands | 29 | 1:20,001 | 3,902 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Günü (50) are calculated separately.
Gunu (4,971) may also be a first name.
Gunu Demographics
Average Gunu Salary in
South Africa
R 79,308
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gunu (Bengali: গুনু, Hindi: गुनू, Marathi: गुणु, Oriya: ଗୁନୁ, Tibetan: གུ་ནུ་) occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Günü. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gunu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 147,166th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,421,112 people. The last name Gunu is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gunu live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gunu is also the 96,565th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 4,971 people.
This surname is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,870 people, or 1 in 14,450. Outside of Ghana this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Gunu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gunu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gunu Last Name Statistics demography
Gunu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.63% less than the national average, earning R 79,308 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gunu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gunu in the Bengali language | ||
| গুনু | gunu | - |
| Gunu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁନୁ | gunu | 95.09 |
| ଗୁଣୁ | gunu | 1.74 |
| ଗୁନୂ | gunu | 0.79 |
| ଗୁଞୁ | gunu | 0.32 |
| ଗୂଞୁ | gunu | 0.16 |
| ୀଗୁନୁ | igunu | 0.16 |
| ମନୁ | manu | 0.16 |
| ଗୁଞୂ | gunu | 0.16 |
| ଗୂନୂ | gunu | 0.16 |
| Gunu in the Hindi language | ||
| गुनू | gunu | 76.47 |
| गुनु | gunu | 13.73 |
| गुणू | gunu | 3.92 |
| गूनू | gunu | 3.92 |
| गुन्नू | gunnu | 1.96 |
| Gunu in the Tibetan language | ||
| གུ་ནུ་ | gunu | 50 |
| མགུ་ནུ། | gunu | 50 |
| Gunu in the Marathi language | ||
| गुणु | gunu | 28.05 |
| गुनु | gunu | 27.44 |
| गुणू | gunu | 14.63 |
| गुनू | gunu | 11.59 |
| गूनू | gunu | 9.15 |
| गूणू | gunu | 6.1 |
| गून्ड़ू | gunru | 1.83 |
| गुऩ्नु | gunnu | 1.22 |
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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 Gunu
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