Pungura Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Pungura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Pungura (26) may also be a first name.
Pungura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pungura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pungura (Oriya: ପୁୁରା) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pungura.
How Common Is The Last Name Pungura? popularity and diffusion
Pungura is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Pungura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Pungura live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pungura is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 26 people.
The last name Pungura is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 67 percent live, Harare Province, where 11 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent live and Senegal, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pungurai | 93 | 10 | / |
| Phungura | 93 | 6 | / |
| Pungutra | 93 | 5 | / |
| Pfungura | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pugura | 92 | 2 | / |
| Phungurai | 88 | 140 | / |
| Poungoura | 88 | 72 | / |
| Poungurai | 88 | 4 | / |
| Punurai | 86 | 3 | / |
| Punguri | 86 | 2 | / |
| Phugura | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pungira | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pumgura | 86 | 1 | / |
| Poungouras | 82 | 72 | / |
| Phoungurai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pfunguro | 80 | 217 | / |
| Pungirai | 80 | 30 | / |
| Phunguri | 80 | 5 | / |
| Punnurat | 80 | 3 | / |
| Pongurai | 80 | 3 | / |
| Punaurai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Phunhura | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pounguri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ponura | 77 | 146 | / |
| Punuro | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pogura | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phongurai | 75 | 26 | / |
| Poongurai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfunhurai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pougouras | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponguri | 71 | 156 | / |
| Punuroo | 71 | 19 | / |
| Ponnura | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pungoro | 71 | 5 | / |
| Punoora | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ponurra | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ponuraj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pogurai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pongora | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponuray | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ponnuraj | 67 | 152 | / |
| Poongure | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ponguroo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pfungiro | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phonurai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pongoure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poonguri | 67 | 1 | / |
Pungura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pungura in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁୁରା | puura | 88.24 |
| ପୁାରା | puara | 5.88 |
| ପୁୂରା | puura | 5.88 |
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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 Pungura
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