Wunum Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Wunum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 217 | 1:37,575 | 4,533 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
Wunum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wunum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wunum is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wunum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,014,722nd most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wunum reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Wunum is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 37,575. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 85 percent reside, National Capital District, where 5 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 3 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wunneum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Winum | 80 | 448 | / |
| Bunum | 80 | 310 | / |
| Wonum | 80 | 21 | / |
| Vunum | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wunun | 80 | 3 | / |
| Woungoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bunnum | 73 | 611 | / |
| Wonnum | 73 | 74 | / |
| Buynum | 73 | 28 | / |
| Bunaum | 73 | 24 | / |
| Wungun | 73 | 14 | / |
| Bunoum | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vunnum | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wounun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bunhum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baunum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beunum | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wienum | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wunnune | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bounoum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bunnoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bunneum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wusnung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bunhaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wounhun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuneung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vounoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veunnum | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wunum
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