Public Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Greenland

Public Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Public Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel231:372,07130,321
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Public (743) may also be a first name.

Public Last Name Facts

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

The last name Public (Arabic: بابليك) is more frequently found in Israel than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Public? popularity and diffusion

Public is the 2,718,172nd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Public are found; 47 percent are found in West Asia and 45 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 301,729th most numerous first name on earth, held by 743 people.

Public is most frequently occurring in Israel, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 372,071. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 39 percent reside, Northern District, where 22 percent reside and Tel Aviv District, where 22 percent reside. Besides Israel it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 22 percent reside and Liberia, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Publick9214/
Publici921/
Poublic920/
Publik8388/
Publig8381/
Publix8310/
Publis832/
Publicova801/
Publitz7744/
Publish7712/
Poblick779/
Publits771/
Públics771/
Publes6717/
Publikova6710/
Publyk679/
Publiková672/
Poblik670/
Poblitz6250/
Pauvlik6215/
Paubles621/
Poublej621/
Pumplitz570/

Public Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Public in the Arabic language
بابليكbablyk-

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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 Public
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