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

Wunu is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wunu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wunu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 140,694th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,298,185 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Wunu live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 231,625th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 1,175 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 2,384 people, or 1 in 55,474. In Indonesia Wunu is primarily concentrated 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 Wunu is found 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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