Punisa Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Punisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1341:5,724,369136,722
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Puniša (1) are calculated separately.

Punisa (516) may also be a first name.

Punisa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punisa (Hindi: पुनीसा, Marathi: पुिनसा, Oriya: ପୁନିସା) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Puniša. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Punisa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Punisa is the 1,422,956th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Punisa live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Punisa is also the 372,032nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 516 people.

The last name is most widespread in India, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 5,724,369. In India Punisa is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 94 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent reside and Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent reside. Not including India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Punisa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punisa in the Oriya language
ପୁନିସାpunisa-
Punisa in the Marathi language
पुिनसाpuinasa75
पुनीसाpunisa25
Punisa in the Hindi language
पुनीसाpunisa42.86
पुनिसाpunisa28.57
पूनीसाpunisa14.29
पूनिसाpunisa14.29

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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 Punisa
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