Punghau Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Punghau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Punghau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punghau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Punghau is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punghau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Punghau are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Bougainville, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, 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 Punghau
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