Hunu Surname
Approximately 1,012 people bear this surname
Hunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Nigeria | 185 | 1:957,528 | 40,908 |
| Turkey | 99 | 1:786,075 | 38,740 |
| Indonesia | 97 | 1:1,363,394 | 93,839 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Hunu (685) may also be a first name.
Hunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hunu (Hindi: हुनु, Marathi: हुनु, Oriya: ହୁନୁ) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hunu? popularity and diffusion
Hunu is the 358,318th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,201,132 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Hunu are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hunu is also the 316,139th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 685 people.
This last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Outside of Ghana it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and Turkey, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hunu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hunu in the Oriya language | ||
| ହୁନୁ | hunu | 80 |
| ଫୁନୁ | phunu | 20 |
| Hunu in the Marathi language | ||
| हुनु | hunu | 78.57 |
| हूनू | hunu | 14.29 |
| हुनू | hunu | 7.14 |
| Hunu in the Hindi language | ||
| हुनु | hunu | 40 |
| हूनू | hunu | 20 |
| हूनु | hunu | 20 |
| हुनू | hunu | 20 |
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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 Hunu
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