Puig Surname
Approximately 47,066 people bear this surname
Puig Surname Definition:
Ancient surname found in Catalonia, and also prominent in Aragon, Valencia, and Majorca. Also found in form des Puig. Name of villages near Urgel, Barcelona, Tarragona, Valencia, Lérida, Vich, Gerona, Majorca, Solsona, and Huesca. Is Catalan name for hill or small mountain and equivalent to Spanish "monte," and to French surname Puche.
Read More About This SurnamePuig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 23,158 | 1:2,019 | 235 |
| Cuba | 6,914 | 1:1,667 | 253 |
| France | 3,597 | 1:18,466 | 2,062 |
| United States | 3,025 | 1:119,821 | 12,832 |
| Argentina | 2,915 | 1:14,663 | 1,304 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,779 | 1:1,996 | 204 |
| Philippines | 1,473 | 1:68,729 | 11,788 |
| Mexico | 1,096 | 1:113,254 | 3,981 |
| Uruguay | 709 | 1:4,840 | 550 |
| Dominican Republic | 547 | 1:19,073 | 1,284 |
| Brazil | 286 | 1:748,512 | 27,308 |
| Chile | 270 | 1:65,246 | 2,728 |
| Ecuador | 234 | 1:67,974 | 5,335 |
| Venezuela | 221 | 1:136,670 | 4,382 |
| Andorra | 211 | 1:397 | 59 |
| England | 116 | 1:480,328 | 31,110 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Nicaragua | 11 | 1:547,372 | 3,850 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| El Salvador | 7 | 1:906,270 | 3,798 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Puig (29) may also be a first name.
Puig Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ancient surname found in Catalonia, and also prominent in Aragon, Valencia, and Majorca. Also found in form des Puig. Name of villages near Urgel, Barcelona, Tarragona, Valencia, Lérida, Vich, Gerona, Majorca, Solsona, and Huesca. Is Catalan name for hill or small mountain and equivalent to Spanish "monte," and to French surname Puche.
This is a Catalan place name and could be a dialectical variation of the Castilian conjunction "pues" related to the latin word "post" or in Spanish "después."
Catalan name. One branch in Balearic Islands.
User-submitted Reference
Hill, little mountain, in Catalan language. An number of little villages have this name. An number of surnames begin with this word, referring to concrete hills, while 'puig' is the generic term.
- qualsevolPuig Demographics
Average Male Puig Height
174.8 cm
Average Female Puig Height
162.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Puig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puig (Russian: Пуиг) occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puig? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,931st most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 154,837 people. The surname Puig is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Puig live; 50 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 50 percent live in Iberian Europe. Puig is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 29 people.
Puig is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 23,158 people, or 1 in 2,019. In Spain Puig is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 66 percent reside, Valencian Community, where 20 percent reside and Madrid, where 3 percent reside. Besides Spain this surname exists in 76 countries. It is also common in Cuba, where 15 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.
Puig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Puig has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Puig last name grew 11,635 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Puig Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Puig surname are 37.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.34% being registered with the party.
The amount Puig earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 367.04% more than the national average, earning S/. 90,536 per year; in Colombia they earn 139.53% more than the national average, earning $54,380,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning $42,646 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.3% less than the national average, earning $46,551 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puigt | 89 | 62 | / |
| Puhig | 89 | 26 | / |
| Puigh | 89 | 12 | / |
| Puigg | 89 | 2 | / |
| Puiog | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pug | 86 | 143 | / |
| Pig | 86 | 74 | / |
| Puigue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pugh | 75 | 81,662 | / |
| Pigg | 75 | 6,761 | / |
| Paug | 75 | 736 | / |
| Paig | 75 | 463 | / |
| Peig | 75 | 456 | / |
| Puik | 75 | 266 | / |
| Piog | 75 | 170 | / |
| Pigs | 75 | 70 | / |
| Buig | 75 | 49 | / |
| Puyg | 75 | 40 | / |
| Peug | 75 | 23 | / |
| Pigh | 75 | 17 | / |
| Pueg | 75 | 17 | / |
| Pugs | 75 | 10 | / |
| Poig | 75 | 9 | / |
| Pugg | 75 | 6 | / |
| Poug | 75 | 5 | / |
| Phug | 75 | 5 | / |
| Phig | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pfug | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pieg | 75 | 3 | / |
| Puic | 75 | 2 | / |
| Puhg | 75 | 2 | / |
| Puix | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pugp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pusg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pugt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ppig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pigc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Picg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pugc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pugk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pujg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pugq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hpig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pigz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Puigová | 73 | 4 | / |
| Puiogue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paugh | 67 | 4,823 | / |
| Peugh | 67 | 1,508 | / |
| Pough | 67 | 1,474 | / |
| Pigue | 67 | 726 | / |
| Puijk | 67 | 394 | / |
| Puiac | 67 | 285 | / |
| Pujic | 67 | 92 | / |
| Poigt | 67 | 89 | / |
| Piggs | 67 | 88 | / |
| Peigh | 67 | 71 | / |
| Pishg | 67 | 32 | / |
| Poiag | 67 | 30 | / |
| Phugg | 67 | 19 | / |
| Pugss | 67 | 18 | / |
| Puidk | 67 | 16 | / |
| Pushg | 67 | 16 | / |
| Puiok | 67 | 8 | / |
| Puugh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Puike | 67 | 6 | / |
| Puyag | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pwigg | 67 | 5 | / |
| Puegh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pugue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puchg | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pusgp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pougs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pfugh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phugk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pugth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puick | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piohg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paieg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buigs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hpugh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paiag | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piyag | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pojig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poihg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buigc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoug | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piegq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pigtd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pijjg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puygc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfugc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfugt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfwig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pgukg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pugpp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pajig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buikg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puggs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Paigg | 67 | 0 | / |
| Puisk | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phugh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pissg | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pusgh | 67 | 0 | / |
Puig Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puig in the Russian language | ||
| Пуиг | puig | - |
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