Wunu Surname

140,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Ghana

Wunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2,3841:55,4746,143
Ghana7621:35,4604,134
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wunu (1,175) may also be a first name.

Wunu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wunu is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wunu.

How Common Is The Last Name Wunu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 140,694th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,298,185 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Wunu reside; 75 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 231,625th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,175 people.

The surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,384 people, or 1 in 55,474. In Indonesia Wunu is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 96 percent are found, Central Kalimantan, where 1 percent are found and East Java, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wutnu89160/
Wunnu8989/
Hwunu896/
Waunu895/
Wounu891/
Wunuu891/
Wungou8038/
Wounou809/
Wounus801/
Wounau801/
Wunguh801/
Wouneu801/
Whunnu801/
Bunu7519,526/
Winu75456/
Wonu75226/
Vunu7567/
Waunous7310/
Wounnou732/
Wuisneu731/
Wougnou731/
Vungu673,313/
Bunhu671,106/
Buinu671,090/
Bunnu67303/
Baunu67237/
Bunui67189/
Bunau67110/
Bounu6755/
Beunu6748/
Bunou6726/
Vunut679/
Vunnu678/
Veunu675/
Wonnu674/
Vunus673/
Buneu672/
Vunuh671/
Wonuh671/
Vaunu671/
Uhonu671/
Wounouss671/
Vunau671/
Vunou671/

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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 Wunu
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