Pungam Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Pungam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pungam (34) may also be a first name.
Pungam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pungam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pungam (Marathi: पुंगम) is most common in India. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pungam? popularity and diffusion
Pungam is the 3,323,005th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Pungam are found; 54 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pungam is also the 1,775,424th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 34 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India Pungam is mostly concentrated in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 26 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 26 percent are found and Telangana, where 26 percent are found. Not including India Pungam is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pungam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pungam in the Marathi language | ||
| पुंगम | pungama | 75 |
| पुंगाम | pungama | 25 |
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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 Pungam
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