Pungau Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Pungau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Pungau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pungau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pungau is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pungau? popularity and diffusion
Pungau is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Pungau is mostly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Pungau are found; 68 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Pungau is most prevalent in: Bougainville, where 94 percent are found and Morobe, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pungau
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