Pinua Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Pinua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pinua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Pinua (17) may also be a first name.

Pinua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pinua (Hindi: पिनुआ, Oriya: ପିନୁଆ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Pinua live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name Pinua is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 50 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 50 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea Pinua exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 25 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pinuay919/
Pisnua911/
Pinuad911/
Pnua891/
Penua80278/
Pinwa8020/
Pinba804/
Penuay7310/
Pnuoha734/
Pinwai731/
Penuha731/
Peenua731/
Pinuoe731/
Penuaş731/
Pinwaha674/
Pnwa672/
Pnva671/
Pnuo671/

Pinua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pinua in the Hindi language
पिनुआpinu'a-
Pinua in the Oriya language
ପିନୁଆpinu'a80
ପୀନୁଆpinu'a20

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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 Pinua
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