Punek Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Punek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1461:28,9635,949
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Punek (22) may also be a first name.

Punek Last Name Facts

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

Punek (Marathi: पूणेक, Oriya: ପୁେନକ) is found most frequently in Croatia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Punek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. Punek is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Punek reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Punek is also the 2,301,746th most common first name worldwide, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most numerous in Croatia, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 28,963. In Croatia Punek is primarily found in: City of Zagreb, where 43 percent are found, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 22 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Croatia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phunek9129/
Punnek9113/
Puenek913/
Pinek80188/
Ponek80104/
Punec8082/
Punyk8078/
Punik8063/
Pusnik73379/
Piniek7388/
Putnyk7362/
Phonek7333/
Punieg7328/
Pienek7319/
Pineck7317/
Poneck7316/
Putník736/
Punaik734/
Peunik733/
Punick732/
Paunik731/
Poonek731/
Puneug730/
Putneg730/
Putnick67201/
Punkova6779/
Pusneac6741/
Poutník6731/
Punnisk6719/
Pieneck6713/
Poutnik675/
Ponneck673/
Pinieck672/
Pusnigk671/
Phoneak671/
Putnaik671/
Paunick671/

Punek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punek in the Oriya language
ପୁେନକpuenaka-
Punek in the Marathi language
पूणेकpuneka50
पुनेकpuneka50

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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 Punek
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