Punas Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Punas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Puñas (2) are calculated separately.
Punas (209) may also be a first name.
Punas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Punas (Hindi: पूनस, Marathi: पुनस, Oriya: ପୁନସ) occurs most in India. It may be found as a variant: Puñas. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. Punas is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Punas live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 625,736th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 209 people.
The last name Punas is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India Punas is most common in: Madhya Pradesh, where 50 percent live, Gujarat, where 20 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 15 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punas in the Marathi language | ||
| पुनस | punasa | 83.33 |
| पूनस | punasa | 16.67 |
| Punas in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁନସ | punasa | 62.5 |
| ପୁନାସ | punasa | 37.5 |
| Punas in the Hindi language | ||
| पूनस | punasa | 42.11 |
| पुनस | punasa | 21.05 |
| पुनासा | punasa | 21.05 |
| पुनास | punasa | 5.26 |
| पुनसा | punasa | 5.26 |
| पूणस | punasa | 5.26 |
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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 Punas
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