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 found most in Indonesia. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Punang is the 2,372,517th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Punang live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Punang is also the 749,223rd most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 151 people.
The last name Punang is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 3,778,548. In Indonesia Punang is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 86 percent live, Central Kalimantan, where 6 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Punang
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