Punca Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Punca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 89 | 1:2,405,330 | 73,774 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
The alternate forms: Punça (1) are calculated separately.
Punca (132) may also be a first name.
Punca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Punca (Hindi: पुंचा) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also be rendered as: Punça. For other possible spellings of Punca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punca? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,746,159th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Punca reside; 85 percent reside in South America and 81 percent reside in Luso-South America. Punca is also the 807,735th most commonly used forename at a global level It is held by 132 people.
Punca is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 2,405,330. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Alagoas, where 36 percent reside, São Paulo, where 21 percent reside and Paraná, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punca Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punca in the Hindi language | ||
| पुंचा | punca | - |
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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 Punca
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