Punena Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

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

Punena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
India91:85,229,487684,495
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Punena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punena (Russian: Пунена) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Punena.

How Common Is The Last Name Punena? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Punena live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Punena is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Punena is primarily concentrated in: Central, where 80 percent reside, National Capital District, where 13 percent reside and Enga, where 7 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent reside and Latvia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phunena924/
Pungena921/
Punenga921/
Peunenga861/
Punina834,489/
Puneni83302/
Punana83233/
Punyna83116/
Punene8317/
Pinena8311/
Punnana771,545/
Putnina771,254/
Pungina77447/
Paunina77172/
Punengo7734/
Pugnina7730/
Punhyna7727/
Pinaena7727/
Puninga7721/
Phunina7721/
Pounana7717/
Punanna7715/
Putnyna7710/
Pusneni7710/
Paunyna778/
Pusnina778/
Peunina774/
Punnina773/
Ponnena773/
Puniene772/
Puhnyna772/
Poneena771/
Puenana771/
Pounina771/
Hpunana771/
Puinene771/
Punojna771/
Puunenä771/
Poneina770/
Punengoh7130/
Punahyna719/
Punnanna715/
Punnaana714/
Putnynas712/
Punnojna711/
Punnanou711/
Pinina67206/
Ponina67202/
Pineno67114/
Punini67103/
Ponyna6710/
Punine678/
Putimneni673/
Punino672/
Puniņa671/
Pinona671/
Punano671/

Punena Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punena in the Russian language
Пуненаpunena-

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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 Punena
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