Where Does The Last Name Puai Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Puai (Hindi: पुाी, Oriya: ପୁଆଇ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Puai click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puai? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 741,235^th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,734,051 people. The surname Puai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Puai reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 64 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 236,188^th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 1,136 people.

This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 548,752. In Indonesia Puai is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 97 percent reside, West Kalimantan, where 2 percent reside and Southeast Sulawesi, where 1 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent reside and Thailand, where 5 percent reside.