Punaha Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Punaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
Punaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Punaha occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Punaha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punaha? popularity and diffusion
Punaha is the 3,798,600th most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Punaha occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Punaha live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 96 percent live and Central, where 4 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 11 percent live.
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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 Punaha
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