Pungay Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Pungay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 171 | 1:592,036 | 64,746 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Puñgay (1) are calculated separately.
Pungay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pungay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pungay is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Puñgay. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pungay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pungay is the 1,305,105th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Pungay are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 592,036. In The Philippines Pungay is mostly concentrated in: Davao Region, where 74 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 15 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Bahrain, where 1 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 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 Pungay
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