Pungut Surname

449,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brunei
Highest density in:
Brunei

Pungut Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pungut Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brunei3501:1,196240
Indonesia2501:528,99742,886
Malaysia1351:218,47612,676
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pungut (2,643) may also be a first name.

Pungut Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pungut is more commonly found in Brunei than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pungut.

How Common Is The Last Name Pungut? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 449,900th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,639,611 people. The last name Pungut occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pungut reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pungut is also the 142,814th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 2,643 people.

This last name is most widespread in Brunei, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 1,196. In Brunei Pungut is most common in: Brunei-Muara District, where 63 percent live, Temburong District, where 36 percent live and Belait District, where 1 percent live. Besides Brunei this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent live and Malaysia, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punggut9215/
Pungnut921/
Punngut921/
Pungu9111,417/
Punut91211/
Pugut914/
Phungnut861/
Pungus83773/
Phunut83687/
Phungu83428/
Pungot83229/
Punggu8368/
Pumnut8344/
Pongut8326/
Pungau8325/
Punnut8310/
Pungou838/
Pugute836/
Pughut834/
Paungu831/
Pfungu831/
Putnut831/
Punute831/
Poungou77334/
Phunnut77273/
Punghau7727/
Phumnut7717/
Punggot7715/
Punguha777/
Punggou771/
Punggau771/
Pumnutt771/
Pongutt771/
Pugnaut771/
Pongu73292/
Pugot73151/
Pogut7372/
Punud7344/
Punot7342/
Ponut731/
Phunghuh711/
Pounnout711/
Punghuha711/
Pongot67337/
Pongou67149/
Pungod6753/
Pounot6742/
Paunot6714/
Ponggu6710/
Phunot679/
Pugott674/
Phugot673/
Punnot673/
Pungoo673/
Pfunot673/
Phonut672/
Poongu672/
Ponnut672/
Pongau672/
Puinot671/
Phunud671/
Poonut671/
Punaud671/
Puggot670/

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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 Pungut
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