Punayan Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Punayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 218 | 1:464,396 | 56,221 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
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
The last name Punayan (Hindi: पूनयां) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punayan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,104,724th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. Punayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Punayan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 33 people.
It is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 464,396. In The Philippines Punayan is most common in: Davao Region, where 30 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 18 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines Punayan 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puenayan | 93 | 204 | / |
| Pungayan | 93 | 47 | / |
| Punayhan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Phunayan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Punnayan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Phunayang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Puniyan | 86 | 666 | / |
| Ponayan | 86 | 5 | / |
| Punayam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Punoyan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pinayan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pauniyan | 80 | 146 | / |
| Ponnayan | 80 | 20 | / |
| Puinayam | 80 | 19 | / |
| Punahyna | 80 | 9 | / |
| Puniyann | 80 | 6 | / |
| Puenayán | 80 | 2 | / |
| Puenayàn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pinhayan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phinayan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Punain | 77 | 5 | / |
| Punaen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Punaun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Punean | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pinayun | 71 | 13 | / |
| Pinoyan | 71 | 9 | / |
| Poniyan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Puniyam | 71 | 7 | / |
| Puinean | 71 | 4 | / |
| Puniyon | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pungean | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ponoyan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Punnayoung | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponaian | 71 | 1 | / |
| Putnaun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pungain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punajin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinyian | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ponnaian | 67 | 45 | / |
| Pooniyan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ponniyan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pauniyon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phunoyon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phungean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phungain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouneyangue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Punautin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Punniyam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pungaien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Putnehan | 67 | 0 | / |
Punayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punayan in the Hindi language | ||
| पूनयां | punayam | - |
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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 Punayan
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