Puna Surname
Approximately 157,435 people bear this surname
Puna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 142,045 | 1:201 | 42 |
| Angola | 6,902 | 1:3,910 | 570 |
| India | 4,181 | 1:183,465 | 11,187 |
| Pakistan | 1,375 | 1:129,923 | 3,716 |
| DR Congo | 869 | 1:85,017 | 9,735 |
| Philippines | 792 | 1:127,826 | 21,872 |
| Slovakia | 187 | 1:28,537 | 4,924 |
| Papua New Guinea | 171 | 1:47,683 | 5,932 |
| Indonesia | 101 | 1:1,309,398 | 90,991 |
| New Zealand | 100 | 1:45,283 | 7,455 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Estonia | 61 | 1:21,669 | 3,800 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Cook Islands | 38 | 1:478 | 55 |
| Turkey | 28 | 1:2,779,336 | 82,809 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Albania | 9 | 1:323,784 | 16,217 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Puña (407) & Puná (1) are calculated separately.
Puna (76,147) may also be a first name.
Puna Demographics
Puna Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Puna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puna (Bengali: পুনা, Hindi: पूना, Marathi: पुना, Oriya: ପୁନା, Russian: Пуна, Tibetan: པུ་ན་) occurs in Nepal more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Puña or Puná. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puna is the 3,562nd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 46,289 people. The surname Puna is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Puna live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 12,907th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 76,147 people.
It is most common in Nepal, where it is held by 142,045 people, or 1 in 201. In Nepal Puna is most frequent in: Rapti, where 44 percent reside, Dhawalagiri, where 23 percent reside and Lumbini, where 14 percent reside. Besides Nepal it occurs in 61 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 4 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Puna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Puna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Puna surname expanded 717 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Puna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Puna surname are 15.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.42% registered with the political party.
The amount Puna earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.55% less than the national average, earning R 155,544 per year; in United States they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning $43,942 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.38% more than the national average, earning $65,274 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puna in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁନା | puna | 91.66 |
| ପୁନ | puna | 3.04 |
| ପୂନା | puna | 2.45 |
| ପୂନ | puna | 0.15 |
| ପୂଣନ୍ | punan | 0.05 |
| ପୂର୍ଚ | purca | 0.05 |
| ପୂଣ | puna | 0.05 |
| ଗୁଣ | guna | 0.05 |
| ପୁଣା | puna | 0.05 |
| କୁନି | kuni | 0.05 |
| ପୁଞା | puna | 0.05 |
| Puna in the Marathi language | ||
| पुना | puna | 63.81 |
| पुणा | puna | 25.41 |
| पूणा | puna | 5.47 |
| पूना | puna | 3.69 |
| पुन | puna | 0.74 |
| पुण | puna | 0.15 |
| Puna in the Hindi language | ||
| पूना | puna | 60.95 |
| पुना | puna | 38.61 |
| पूणा | puna | 0.14 |
| पुन | puna | 0.11 |
| पुणा | puna | 0.07 |
| पूण | puna | 0.03 |
| पुनी | puni | 0.01 |
| र्पूणा | rpuna | 0.01 |
| पू्ना | puna | 0.01 |
| सिंह | sinha | 0.01 |
| पूऩा | puna | 0.01 |
| Puna in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུ་ན་ | puna | 60 |
| པུར་ན་ | purna | 20 |
| སྤུ་ན་ | puna | 10 |
| པོ་ན་ | pona | 10 |
| Puna in the Bengali language | ||
| পুনা | puna | 60 |
| পূনা | puna | 20 |
| পুনসুখী | punasukhi | 20 |
| Puna in the Russian language | ||
| Пуна | puna | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Puna
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