Pungaru Surname

697,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Pungaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pungaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania4011:50,0706,180
India151:51,137,692512,385
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Pungaru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pungaru is found most frequently in Romania. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pungaru? popularity and diffusion

Pungaru is the 697,244th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 17,228,241 people. The last name Pungaru is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Pungaru reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name Pungaru is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 401 people, or 1 in 50,070. In Romania it is most common in: Bucharest Municipality, where 30 percent live, Dolj County, where 14 percent live and Gorj County, where 13 percent live. Barring Romania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punaru924/
Punnaru863/
Putnaru861/
Punnarut805/
Paunauru802/
Pogaru77176/
Ponaru7712/
Punoru774/
Ponggarru754/
Poenaru715,657/
Punooru71777/
Ponnaru719/
Pongoru718/
Pugorru711/
Putnoru711/
Punnooru6747/
Putnooru677/
Pongooru673/
Poenarou671/
Pongourou637/
Poutnooru633/
Pogoru622/
Ponooru5727/
Ponnoru578/
Pogorui571/
Punoroo571/
Ponnooru53378/
Punooroo53187/
Poonooru5331/
Ponnouru534/
Punnooroo50162/

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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 Pungaru
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