Paunić Surname

389,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 910 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Paunić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paunić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia6821:10,4761,245
Bosnia and Herzegovina2051:17,2513,168
Croatia191:222,55825,345
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Paunic (81) are calculated separately.

Paunić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paunić has its highest incidence in Serbia. It can also be found as a variant: Paunic. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paunić? popularity and diffusion

It is the 389,400th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,008,292 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Paunić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Paunić is most widely held in Serbia, where it is carried by 682 people, or 1 in 10,476. In Serbia Paunić is mostly concentrated in: Belgrade, where 33 percent live, Mačva District, where 28 percent live and South Bačka District, where 11 percent live. Apart from Serbia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 23 percent live and Croatia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paunic9481/
Paunoić921/
Panić9116,097/
Punić9146/
Pajnić83268/
Putnić8329/
Pusnić8326/
Peunić8325/
Panđić8324/
Pahanić7773/
Pejanić7753/
Paunich774/
Pajanić772/
Pijanić771/
Pojanić771/
Panic732,061/
Paniz731,306/
Panič73173/
Punic735/
Ponić731/
Panićová714/
Panich673,930/
Panitz672,202/
Panicz67993/
Panici67746/
Paniez67327/
Pajnič67216/
Paniec67144/
Punich6796/
Pajnic6757/
Paynic6733/
Pannic6727/
Puniez6724/
Paneci6717/
Peunic6712/
Panits676/
Potnić673/
Panizz672/
Punits671/
Panaic671/
Panitx671/
Panitc671/
Painiz671/

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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 Paunić
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