Puggal Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Puggal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puggal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1281:5,992,698140,682
United States71:51,779,848968,877
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Puggal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puggal (Hindi: पुग्गल, Marathi: पुगल) is found most in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Puggal.

How Common Is The Last Name Puggal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Puggal is the 1,518,885th most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Puggal reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Puggal is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 5,992,698. In India Puggal is mostly found in: Punjab, where 70 percent live, Delhi, where 16 percent live and Maharashtra, where 4 percent live. Not including India it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.

Puggal Last Name Statistics demography

Puggal earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.26% more than the national average, earning $55,344 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punggal9236/
Pugal912,523/
Pungal83136/
Phugal83101/
Pugale8381/
Paugal8310/
Pughal832/
Pougal830/
Punggol7748/
Paugale7720/
Phungal7715/
Pughhal777/
Punghal772/
Phugalp771/
Phugale771/
Pigal73550/
Pogal7385/
Pugol7320/
Pougault7122/
Pugalova7119/
Pigall6793/
Pungol6718/
Phogal678/
Pougol671/
Pogall671/
Poogal670/
Puighol622/
Piggoll621/
Poungol621/
Pigol5591/
Pogol5528/
Piqgol502/
Pogool502/
Pigool501/
Pogoll501/
Pigoul501/
Phigol501/
Phogol501/

Puggal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puggal in the Hindi language
पुग्गलpuggala-
Puggal in the Marathi language
पुगलpugala-

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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 Puggal
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