Puig Surname

11,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,066 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

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.

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Puig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain23,1581:2,019235
Cuba6,9141:1,667253
France3,5971:18,4662,062
United States3,0251:119,82112,832
Argentina2,9151:14,6631,304
Puerto Rico1,7791:1,996204
Philippines1,4731:68,72911,788
Mexico1,0961:113,2543,981
Uruguay7091:4,840550
Dominican Republic5471:19,0731,284
Brazil2861:748,51227,308
Chile2701:65,2462,728
Ecuador2341:67,9745,335
Venezuela2211:136,6704,382
Andorra2111:39759
England1161:480,32831,110
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Australia491:550,93340,757
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
New Caledonia311:8,9102,168
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Belgium291:396,43641,978
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Peru221:1,444,73322,095
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Nicaragua111:547,3723,850
Paraguay111:657,8867,708
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Scotland71:764,83125,488
El Salvador71:906,2703,798
Ireland61:784,82316,062
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Panama51:782,45211,059
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
China51:273,464,31313,838
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
San Marino11:33,214932
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

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.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

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.

- qualsevol

Puig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puig (Russian: Пуиг) is more frequently found in Spain than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Puig.

How Common Is The Last Name Puig? popularity and diffusion

The last name Puig is the 11,931st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 154,837 people. The surname Puig occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Puig reside; 50 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 50 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Puig is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 29 people.

The last name Puig is most frequently used in Spain, where it is held by 23,158 people, or 1 in 2,019. In Spain Puig is mostly found in: Catalonia, where 66 percent are found, Valencian Community, where 20 percent are found and Madrid, where 3 percent are found. Besides Spain it is found in 76 countries. It also occurs in Cuba, where 15 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.

Puig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Puig has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Puig surname rose 11,635 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Puig Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Puig surname are 37.11% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.34% being registered to vote for the political 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puigt8962/
Puhig8926/
Puigh8912/
Puigg892/
Puiog891/
Pug86143/
Pig8674/
Puigue801/
Pugh7581,662/
Pigg756,761/
Paug75736/
Paig75463/
Peig75456/
Puik75266/
Piog75170/
Pigs7570/
Buig7549/
Puyg7540/
Peug7523/
Pigh7517/
Pueg7517/
Pugs7510/
Poig759/
Pugg756/
Poug755/
Phug755/
Phig755/
Pfug753/
Pieg753/
Puic752/
Puhg752/
Puix752/
Pugp752/
Pusg751/
Pugt751/
Ppig751/
Pigc751/
Picg751/
Pugc751/
Pugk751/
Pujg751/
Pugq751/
Bpig751/
Hpig751/
Pigz750/
Puigová734/
Puiogue731/
Paugh674,823/
Peugh671,508/
Pough671,474/
Pigue67726/
Puijk67394/
Puiac67285/
Pujic6792/
Poigt6789/
Piggs6788/
Peigh6771/
Pishg6732/
Poiag6730/
Phugg6719/
Pugss6718/
Puidk6716/
Pushg6716/
Puiok678/
Puugh677/
Puike676/
Puyag676/
Pwigg675/
Puegh674/
Pugue673/
Puchg673/
Pusgp672/
Pougs672/
Pfugh672/
Phugk672/
Paigh671/
Pugth671/
Puick671/
Phaig671/
Piohg671/
Paieg671/
Buigs671/
Hpugh671/
Piegh671/
Paiag671/
Piyag671/
Pojig671/
Poihg671/
Buigc671/
Phigh671/
Phoug671/
Piegq671/
Pigtd671/
Pijjg671/
Puygc671/
Pfugc671/
Pfugt671/
Pfwig671/
Pgukg671/
Pugpp671/
Pajig671/
Buikg671/
Puggs670/
Paigg670/
Puisk670/
Phugh670/
Pissg670/
Pusgh670/

Puig Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puig in the Russian language
Пуигpuig-

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