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

The surname Pungula (Hindi: पुंगुला) is most common in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pungula? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 357,784th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,186,929 people. It is mostly found 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 frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 10 people.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 958 people, or 1 in 56,553. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent are found. Besides South Africa Pungula occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

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
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  • 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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