Gunung Surname

251,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Gunung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,4621:90,4589,474
Philippines471:2,154,005122,929
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Gunung (2,179) may also be a first name.

Gunung Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gunung (Bengali: গুনুং) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunung? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 251,891st most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,635,843 people. The surname Gunung occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Gunung live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 160,574th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,179 people.

Gunung is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,462 people, or 1 in 90,458. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Bali, where 53 percent are found, West Nusa Tenggara, where 10 percent are found and East Nusa Tenggara, where 5 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 3 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.

Gunung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gunung has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngunung9227/
Gusnung921/
Gungung921/
Unung911,068/
Gunun9187/
Gunong83790/
Gungun83130/
Aunung8388/
Ginung8356/
Gonung8352/
Hunung838/
Unnung836/
Gunnun836/
Gunune835/
Gunuin831/
Ngounoung801/
Gunusen7723/
Kgunong7712/
Gounong778/
Gounoun775/
Gunhong774/
Gunnong772/
Gunnoun772/
Gunoune772/
Gunongh771/
Gaugnun771/
Gununcs771/
Ounoung771/
Unusing771/
Hounung771/
Gonoung770/
Onung73523/
Unong73269/
Gunum7321/
Gonun7316/
Gunon7311/
Gunngunn715/
Gunnound712/
Hounoung711/
Gounoune711/
Gounon673,924/
Gonong67659/
Unnong6787/
Uinong6773/
Gunnon6767/
Usnunc6724/
Onoung6722/
Gunnum6718/
Ungung6716/
Gounum6712/
Gunoon6711/
Onaung678/
Gaunon675/
Onnung674/
Ghounoune674/
Hunong671/
Onungh671/
Ngounnoun671/
Ngounounk671/
Oenung671/
Hgunon671/
Gonnun671/
Gunhum670/
Honung670/

Gunung Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gunung in the Bengali language
গুনুংgunum-

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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 Gunung
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