Punang Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Punang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Punang (151) may also be a first name.
Punang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punang (Bengali: পূনং) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Punang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Punang are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Punang is also the 749,223rd most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 151 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 3,778,548. In Indonesia Punang is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 86 percent live, Central Kalimantan, where 6 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 6 percent live. Not including Indonesia Punang is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 40 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punang in the Bengali language | ||
| পূনং | punam | 33.33 |
| পুর্ণচান | purnacana | 33.33 |
| পুনং | punam | 33.33 |
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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 Punang
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