Phuntso Surname

416,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Phuntso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phuntso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India8321:921,95439,781
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Phuntso (620) may also be a first name.

Phuntso Last Name Facts

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

Phuntso (Tibetan: ཕུན་ཚོགས་) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phuntso? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 416,195th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,717,160 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Phuntso reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 334,926th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 620 people.

Phuntso is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 832 people, or 1 in 921,954. In India Phuntso is most numerous in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 100 percent reside, Delhi, where 0 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside. Other than India Phuntso exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Bhutan, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phuntsho935,749/
Phountso931/
Puntso9247/
Phuentsho8855/
Pountso8631/
Phintso869/
Phontso863/
Puntsho861/
Phontsho8011/
Phintsho802/
Pontso7772/
Phunzo779/
Pontsho71615/
Ponts'o7174/
Phuncho7112/
Phontsa715/
Pont'so712/
Puntcho711/
Puntsah711/
Feuntso711/
Puntsaa711/
Punzo675,371/
Putyntsa6772/
Pountzas6745/
Punco6733/
Putintsa674/
Punčo672/
Fountsou671/
Phunchoo671/

Phuntso Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Phuntso in the Tibetan language
ཕུན་ཚོགས་püntsok60
ཕུན་ཚོགས།püntsok40

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Phuntso
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