Paunins Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Paunins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paunins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1671:12,2761,815
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
England21:27,859,030389,889

The alternate forms: Pauninš (8) & Pauniņš (2) are calculated separately.

Paunins Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Paunins Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Paunins is held by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Pauninš or Pauniņš. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paunins? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,267,784th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Paunins live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Paunins is most widespread in Latvia, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 12,276. In Latvia Paunins is most frequent in: Latgale, where 50 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 34 percent reside and Vidzeme, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Latvia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Paunins Last Name Statistics demography

Paunins earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.42% more than the national average, earning $54,860 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pauninš958/
Panins9245/
Punins9211/
Pauniņš902/
Putnins861,156/
Pungins862/
Pasnins861/
Putninsh8023/
Puttnins808/
Paunynsh803/
Panens770/
Putninsch757/
Putninš718/
Putnynsh672/
Pfannenst632/
Ponens624/
Putniņš5724/
Panence571/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Paunins
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