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 carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wunu.

How Common Is The Last Name Wunu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 140,694th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,298,185 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Wunu live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wunu is also the 231,625th most widespread first name in the world, held 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 it is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 96 percent reside, Central Kalimantan, where 1 percent reside and East Java, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia Wunu exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 24 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

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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