Bunji Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Bunji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 166 | 1:125,115 | 14,217 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Bunji (22,402) may also be a first name.
Bunji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bunji (Hindi: बुंजी, Oriya: ବୁି) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,011,991st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bunji live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bunji is also the 34,727th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 22,402 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 125,115. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent live, Centre Region, where 10 percent live and Littoral Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon Bunji occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bunji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bunji in the Hindi language | ||
| बुंजी | bunji | - |
| Bunji in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁି | bui | - |
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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 Bunji
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