Punchum Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Punchum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punchum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Punchum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punchum is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Punchum.

How Common Is The Last Name Punchum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Punchum is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Punchum are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Punchum is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.

Punchum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Punchum surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Punchum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.54% less than the national average, earning R 77,136 per year and in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.

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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 Punchum
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