Punga Surname
Approximately 10,213 people bear this surname
Punga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 6,458 | 1:11,440 | 1,418 |
| Romania | 1,150 | 1:17,459 | 2,249 |
| Moldova | 900 | 1:3,957 | 557 |
| Papua New Guinea | 487 | 1:16,743 | 1,661 |
| Kenya | 272 | 1:169,779 | 13,008 |
| Indonesia | 209 | 1:632,771 | 49,860 |
| India | 96 | 1:7,990,264 | 168,289 |
| Philippines | 94 | 1:1,077,002 | 89,308 |
| Estonia | 88 | 1:15,020 | 2,406 |
| Russia | 66 | 1:2,183,683 | 132,197 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Latvia | 48 | 1:42,709 | 6,498 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Transnistria | 25 | 1:18,988 | 3,397 |
| Cook Islands | 24 | 1:757 | 134 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Pungă (406) are calculated separately.
Punga (1,022) may also be a first name.
Punga Demographics
Punga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Punga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punga (Bengali: পুঙ্গা, Hindi: पुंगा, Marathi: पुंगा, Oriya: ପୁା, Russian: Пунга) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Pungă. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Punga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 50,260th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 713,556 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Punga live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 251,137th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 1,022 people.
It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 6,458 people, or 1 in 11,440. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 11 percent are found and Moldova, where 9 percent are found.
Punga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Punga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Punga surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Punga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Punga last name is predominantly Christian (56%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
The amount Punga earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.04% less than the national average, earning R 33,168 per year; in United States they earn 58.53% more than the national average, earning $68,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.99% more than the national average, earning $61,602 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punga in the Bengali language | ||
| পুঙ্গা | punga | - |
| Punga in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁା | pua | - |
| Punga in the Marathi language | ||
| पुंगा | punga | 97.62 |
| पूंगा | punga | 2.38 |
| Punga in the Hindi language | ||
| पुंगा | punga | 68.42 |
| पूंगा | punga | 31.58 |
| Punga in the Russian language | ||
| Пунга | punga | - |
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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 Punga
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