Where Does The Last Name Pukum Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pukum (Tibetan: སྤུ་སྐུམ།) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pukum? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 3,017,195^th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 74 percent of Pukum live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 74 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pukum is also the 1,717,090^th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 36 people.

The last name Pukum is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Pukum is primarily concentrated in: Hela, where 30 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 26 percent are found and West Sepik, where 26 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.