Pundu Surname

103,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,555 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pundu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pundu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3,4821:21,2182,690
Papua New Guinea6081:13,4111,246
Indonesia2471:535,42243,307
India1111:6,910,499153,869
Mauritius431:30,0795,976
England191:2,932,529101,561
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Pundu (843) may also be a first name.

Pundu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pundu (Hindi: पुन्दू, Marathi: पुंडु, Oriya: ପୁୁ, Tibetan: སྤུན་དྲུག།) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pundu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pundu is the 103,279th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,599,900 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Pundu live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Pundu is also the 281,020th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 843 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,482 people, or 1 in 21,218. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.

Pundu Last Name Statistics demography

Pundu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.29% less than the national average, earning R 37,332 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punduh911,237/
Pundut9170/
Phundu9128/
Paundu9112/
Pundou9110/
Pundus915/
Pfundu912/
Pundhu911/
Poundeu8398/
Poundou8320/
Poundui837/
Pfhundu831/
Pondu80281/
Pumdu801/
Puchendu772/
Pausindu771/
Phindu73275/
Pondou738/
Phondu737/
Pondhu734/
Ponduy731/
Pundoe731/
Poondu731/
Puindoe675/

Pundu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pundu in the Tibetan language
སྤུན་དྲུག།pündruk-
Pundu in the Oriya language
ପୁୁpuu-
Pundu in the Marathi language
पुंडुpundu58.51
पुंडूpundu37.23
पंडूpandu2.13
पूंडूpundu1.06
पुन्डुpundu1.06
Pundu in the Hindi language
पुन्दूpundu50
पुन्डूpundu50

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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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  • 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 Pundu
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