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
Pungam (Marathi: पुंगम) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pungam.
How Common Is The Last Name Pungam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,323,005th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Pungam live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 54 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pungam is also the 1,775,424th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 34 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India Pungam is most frequent in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 26 percent live, Maharashtra, where 26 percent live and Telangana, where 26 percent live. Excluding India Pungam occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
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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