Pundua Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

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

Pundua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pundua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
India81:95,883,173728,828

Pundua (22) may also be a first name.

Pundua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pundua (Marathi: पुंडुआ, Oriya: ପୁଆ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pundua? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pundua is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Pundua reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 56 percent reside, Madang, where 41 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paunduah861/
Pondua839/
Puntua831/
Pondwa67176/
Ponduo6734/
Puntuo678/
Puntwa671/
Pondwai6212/
Pondtwa629/
Pondhwa621/
Pondway621/
Phindwa621/

Pundua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pundua in the Oriya language
ପୁଆpu'a-
Pundua in the Marathi language
पुंडुआpundu'a75
पुंडुआाकरpunduaakara25

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pundua
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