Paunga Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Paunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonga | 245 | 1:438 | 116 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Paunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paunga (Oriya: ପାଉା) is most common in Tonga. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paunga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 885,573rd most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Paunga occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Paunga are found; 82 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Polynesia.
The surname Paunga is most widely held in Tonga, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 438. Beside Tonga it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଉା | paua | - |
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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 Paunga
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