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 found most frequently in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puncu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,483,783rd most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Puncu reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Puncu is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name in the world, held by 31 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 918,266. In South Africa Puncu is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 97 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent live and Western Cape, where 2 percent live. Excluding South Africa it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Peru, where 2 percent live.

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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