Puniya Surname
Approximately 5,709 people bear this surname
Puniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,669 | 1:135,309 | 8,643 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Puniya (47,915) may also be a first name.
Puniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puniya (Bengali: পুনিয়া, Hindi: पुनिया, Marathi: पुिनया, Oriya: ପୁନିୟା, Russian: Пуния, Tibetan: པུར་ནི་ཡ་) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puniya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,616th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,276,501 people. Puniya occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Puniya reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 19,175th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 47,915 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 5,669 people, or 1 in 135,309. In India Puniya is most numerous in: Madhya Pradesh, where 45 percent live, Rajasthan, where 25 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puniya in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུར་ནི་ཡ་ | purniya | - |
| Puniya in the Hindi language | ||
| पुनिया | puniya | 77.8 |
| पूनिया | puniya | 13.26 |
| पुनीया | puniya | 6.77 |
| पूनीया | puniya | 1.8 |
| पूनियॉ | puniyo | 0.06 |
| पुनियां | puniyam | 0.06 |
| पूणिया | puniya | 0.03 |
| पुंइया | pumiya | 0.02 |
| पूनयिा | punayia | 0.02 |
| पुनीय | puniya | 0.02 |
| पुणिया | puniya | 0.02 |
| पुनिय | puniya | 0.02 |
| पूनि़या | puniya | 0.02 |
| पुनियॉ | puniyo | 0.01 |
| पुनीवा | puniva | 0.01 |
| पुनियाा | puniyaa | 0.01 |
| पुनम | punama | 0.01 |
| पुणीया | puniya | 0.01 |
| पूनियॅा | puniyea | 0.01 |
| पूणीया | puniya | 0.01 |
| भुनिया | bhuniya | 0.01 |
| पुनि़या | puniya | 0.01 |
| Puniya in the Bengali language | ||
| পুনিয়া | puniya | 72.73 |
| পূণিয়া | puniya | 9.09 |
| পূর্নিয়া | purniya | 9.09 |
| পূনিয়া | puniya | 9.09 |
| Puniya in the Marathi language | ||
| पुिनया | puinaya | 66.73 |
| पुनीया | puniya | 25.09 |
| पूिनया | puinaya | 5.16 |
| पूिणया | puinaya | 1.6 |
| पुनया | punaya | 0.36 |
| पुणीया | puniya | 0.36 |
| पुिणया | puinaya | 0.36 |
| पुन्थी | punthi | 0.18 |
| पूनीया | puniya | 0.18 |
| Puniya in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁନିୟା | puniya | 63.16 |
| ପୁନିଆ | puni'a | 13.16 |
| ପୁନୀୟା | puniya | 10.53 |
| ପୁନିଆଁ | puni'am | 5.26 |
| ପୁଣିୟା | puniya | 2.63 |
| ପୁନିୟଁା | puniyama | 2.63 |
| ପୁନା | puna | 2.63 |
| Puniya in the Russian language | ||
| Пуния | punia | - |
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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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- 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 Puniya
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