Puenayan Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Puenayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puenayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia1451:329,4765,957
Ecuador581:274,2398,727
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Puenayán (2) & Puenayàn (1) are calculated separately.

Puenayan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puenayan is most common in Colombia. It may be rendered as a variant: Puenayán or Puenayàn. For other possible spellings of Puenayan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puenayan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,168,344th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Puenayan are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 71 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

Puenayan is most numerous in Colombia, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 329,476. In Colombia Puenayan is primarily concentrated in: Nariño Department, where 86 percent live, Valle del Cauca Department, where 12 percent live and Cauca Department, where 1 percent live. Barring Colombia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 28 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.

Puenayan Last Name Statistics demography

Puenayan earn somewhat less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 9.38% less than the national average, earning $20,572,500 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puenayán962/
Puenayàn961/
Punayan93221/
Punayhan881/
Phunayan881/
Punnayan881/
Puniyan80666/
Punoyan801/
Pinayan801/
Pajemnayan781/
Pauniyan75146/
Puinayam7519/
Puniyann756/
Puengean751/
Pinhayan751/
Painayan751/
Phinayan751/
Punain715/
Punean711/
Punaun711/
Phuengain711/
Ppainayan711/
Paenaen67112/
Buenyen6754/
Pinayun6713/
Buenain679/
Pinoyan679/
Puinean674/
Puniyon673/
Peynean672/
Paenain671/
Punajin671/
Pinyian670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Puenayan
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