Pungya Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pungya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pungya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pungya Last Name Facts

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

Pungya occurs most in Thailand. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pungya.

How Common Is The Last Name Pungya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Pungya live; 85 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Tai-Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 4,155,197. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Bangkok, where 35 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 24 percent live and Pathum Thani Province, where 24 percent live. Apart from Thailand this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Finland, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pungyai922/
Paungya921/
Poungya921/
Phungyai8616/
Poungyai863/
Phungyo7717/
Pungyoi772/
Pungyoo771/
Pungyei771/
Peungyoi711/
Puingyoi711/
Pundia67620/
Pondya6714/
Pundiap6266/
Poundja6219/
Poundia621/
Pundeay620/
Pondayya573/
Pondja5018,596/
Pondia5022/
Pondyo502/

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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 Pungya
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