Pukste Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Pukste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 45 | 1:45,557 | 6,925 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Pukste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pukste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pukste is found in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Pukste click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pukste? popularity and diffusion
Pukste is the 2,843,861st most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pukste are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 45,557. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Latgale, where 60 percent are found, Semigallia, where 20 percent are found and Riga Planning Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Latvia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paukste | 92 | 125 | / |
| Pukst | 91 | 5 | / |
| Paukszte | 86 | 7 | / |
| Paukshte | 86 | 7 | / |
| Puksta | 83 | 94 | / |
| Paukst | 83 | 30 | / |
| Puksts | 83 | 18 | / |
| Pukszta | 77 | 299 | / |
| Pauksta | 77 | 88 | / |
| Pukshta | 77 | 52 | / |
| Pauksht | 77 | 20 | / |
| Paukszt | 77 | 18 | / |
| Pukstys | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pukstis | 77 | 3 | / |
| Paukšte | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pokst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Paukstis | 71 | 137 | / |
| Paukstys | 71 | 88 | / |
| Paukshta | 71 | 77 | / |
| Paukszta | 71 | 33 | / |
| Pukshtys | 71 | 3 | / |
| Poukstis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puxted | 67 | 44 | / |
| Poksta | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pukšta | 67 | 6 | / |
| Paukshtys | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paukshtis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paukschta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauksztys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puxtey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paukstaits | 63 | 1 | / |
| Paukštė | 62 | 797 | / |
| Paukšta | 62 | 4 | / |
| Pukštys | 62 | 1 | / |
| Paukstaitts | 59 | 1 | / |
| Paukštys | 57 | 328 | / |
| Paukštis | 57 | 46 | / |
| Puxty | 55 | 373 | / |
| Paukštytė | 53 | 135 | / |
| Pukštaitė | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pixtey | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Pukste
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