Puangi Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Puangi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
Puangi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puangi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puangi (Oriya: ପୁଆି) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puangi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Puangi is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Puangi reside; 73 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 64 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Puangi is most numerous in: Enga, where 57 percent live and Morobe, where 43 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and The Cook Islands, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puangi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puangi in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁଆି | puai | 66.67 |
| ପୁଆ | pu'a | 33.33 |
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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 Puangi
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