Puncu Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Puncu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puncu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Puncu (31) may also be a first name.

Puncu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puncu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puncu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,483,783rd most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Puncu are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Puncu is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.

Puncu is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 918,266. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 97 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent are found and Western Cape, where 2 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Peru, where 2 percent are found.

Puncu Last Name Statistics demography

Puncu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.42% less than the national average, earning R 70,284 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phuncu9125/
Punchu9113/
Puncuh917/
Phunchu83154/
Puncujs832/
Paunchu831/
Puncheu831/
Punchus830/
Punchau830/
Punju80214/
Punzu8081/
Poncu8062/
Punsu8042/
Punku8037/
Phunchui77113/
Pounchou7778/
Phounchu771/
Punčuh7363/
Pundju7362/
Punsud7357/
Punjui7356/
Paunku7323/
Phunzu7321/
Punkui7315/
Punsup7313/
Paunju7312/
Punjuy7312/
Ponciu734/
Punkup734/
Punsut732/
Punjau732/
Puntsu732/
Punsui731/
Puncoo731/
Punjud731/
Punzup731/
Pundsu731/
Phunsu731/
Puntschuh7157/
Pundschus7131/
Pountcheu713/
Paunchaud711/
Phunsut67358/
Punchoo67152/
Pungkus6721/
Phumchu6713/
Phuntsu6712/
Phunsup674/
Pumchut672/
Punkhui672/
Pounjou672/
Pounkou672/
Pumchuy671/
Phunsau671/
Phunjui671/
Puntshu671/
Pounkeu671/
Punkhuu671/
Punnsup671/
Pungkuy671/

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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 Puncu
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