Punayan Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Punayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2181:464,39656,221
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Punayan (33) may also be a first name.

Punayan Last Name Facts

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

Punayan (Hindi: पूनयां) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punayan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,104,724th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. Punayan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Punayan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 33 people.

This surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 464,396. In The Philippines Punayan is primarily found in: Davao Region, where 30 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 18 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 12 percent are found. Other than The Philippines this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Punayan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punayan in the Hindi language
पूनयांpunayam-

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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 Punayan
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