Punchi Surname
Approximately 878 people bear this surname
Punchi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Punchi (1,139) may also be a first name.
Punchi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punchi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punchi (Hindi: पुंछी, Marathi: पुंची, Oriya: ପୁି) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punchi? popularity and diffusion
Punchi is the 400,385th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,300,166 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Punchi are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 235,856th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 1,139 people.
It is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Not including Sri Lanka it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punchi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punchi in the Marathi language | ||
| पुंची | punci | - |
| Punchi in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁି | pui | 83.33 |
| ପୁଂଚି | punci | 8.33 |
| ପୁୀ | pui | 8.33 |
| Punchi in the Hindi language | ||
| पुंछी | punchi | 73.33 |
| पुंची | punci | 6.67 |
| पुंचि | punci | 6.67 |
| पुन्ची | punci | 6.67 |
| पुनची | punaci | 6.67 |
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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 Punchi
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