Punini Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Punini Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punini Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1021:79,93810,532
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Punini (31) may also be a first name.

Punini Last Name Facts

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

The surname Punini (Hindi: पुनीनी) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Punini.

How Common Is The Last Name Punini? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,817,111th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname Punini is predominantly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Punini live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Punini is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 31 people.

The last name Punini is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 79,938. In Papua New Guinea Punini is most prevalent in: Enga, where 56 percent reside, West New Britain, where 13 percent reside and East Sepik, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Punini exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punaini923/
Puneni83302/
Punine838/
Puniene772/
Punyoni771/
Phonini771/
Phunine771/
Paunine771/
Ponninhi7110/
Punena6725/
Punene6717/
Puniņa671/
Pusneni6210/
Phunena624/
Pauniņa623/
Puunenä621/
Punojna621/
Puinene621/
Poneina620/
Punnojna571/
Putimneni533/
Pumnynets531/
Ponnahaina501/

Punini Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punini in the Hindi language
पुनीनीpunini-

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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 Punini
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