Pungula Surname

357,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pungula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pungula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9581:56,5537,177
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
England11:55,718,059489,080

Pungula (10) may also be a first name.

Pungula Last Name Facts

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

Pungula (Hindi: पुंगुला) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pungula.

How Common Is The Last Name Pungula? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 357,784th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,186,929 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pungula are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pungula is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 958 people, or 1 in 56,553. In South Africa Pungula is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Pungula Last Name Statistics demography

Pungula earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.44% less than the national average, earning R 151,044 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pungula Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pungula in the Hindi language
पुंगुलाpungula-

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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 Pungula
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