Puam Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Puam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
Puam (89) may also be a first name.
Puam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puam (Hindi: पूनम, Marathi: पुनम) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Puam.
How Common Is The Last Name Puam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puam is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Puam live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 79 percent live in Tai-Asia. Puam is also the 1,011,231st most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 89 people.
It is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 3,717,808. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Samut Prakan Province, where 95 percent are found and Chanthaburi Province, where 5 percent are found. Besides Thailand it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puam in the Hindi language | ||
| पूनम | punama | 66.67 |
| पूअम | pu'ama | 33.33 |
| Puam in the Marathi language | ||
| पुनम | punama | 40 |
| पूनम | punama | 40 |
| पुरम | purama | 20 |
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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 Puam
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