Punagiri Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal

Punagiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punagiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India241:31,961,058386,265
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Punagiri (42) may also be a first name.

Punagiri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Punagiri (Hindi: पूनगिरी, Oriya: ପୁନାଗିରି) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Punagiri? popularity and diffusion

Punagiri is the 3,957,383rd most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Punagiri are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Punagiri is also the 1,566,439th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 42 people.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India it is mostly found in: Odisha, where 83 percent reside, Gujarat, where 13 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 4 percent reside. Besides India Punagiri occurs in one country. It is also common in Nepal, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punnagiri945/
Punasiri8850/
Pinagiri889/
Ponagiri883/
Punagira881/
Punegiri881/
Punnasiri8219/
Punnegiri821/
Phutnasiri784/
Punnakhiri781/
Punnaseri717/
Punnacheeri631/
Punnacherry531/

Punagiri Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punagiri in the Oriya language
ପୁନାଗିରିpunagiri-
Punagiri in the Hindi language
पूनगिरीpunagiri40
पुनगिरीpunagiri30
पूनागिरीpunagiri10
पूनागिरिpunagiri10
पुनागीरीpunagiri10

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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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  • 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 Punagiri
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