Punja Surname
Approximately 3,600 people bear this surname
Punja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,447 | 1:313,472 | 17,500 |
| Fiji | 471 | 1:1,899 | 282 |
| England | 147 | 1:379,034 | 26,619 |
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| United States | 78 | 1:4,646,909 | 242,363 |
| Pakistan | 65 | 1:2,748,367 | 23,130 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Punja (12,770) may also be a first name.
Punja Demographics
Average Punja Salary in
United States
$67,273 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Punja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punja (Bengali: পুনজ, Hindi: पूंजा, Marathi: पुंजा, Oriya: ପୁ) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Punja.
How Common Is The Last Name Punja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 126,280th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,024,318 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Punja are found; 70 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 51,908th most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 12,770 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 2,447 people, or 1 in 313,472. In India it is most prevalent in: Madhya Pradesh, where 55 percent are found, Daman and Diu, where 11 percent are found and Gujarat, where 10 percent are found. Outside of India it exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Fiji, where 13 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Punja Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Punja are 8.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55% registered with the political party.
The amount Punja earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 55.91% more than the national average, earning $67,273 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning $51,915 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punja in the Bengali language | ||
| পুনজ | punaja | - |
| Punja in the Marathi language | ||
| पुंजा | punja | 93.05 |
| पूंजा | punja | 5.03 |
| पंजा | panja | 0.57 |
| पुन्जा | punja | 0.26 |
| पुजा | puja | 0.16 |
| पून्जा | punja | 0.06 |
| पूजा | puja | 0.05 |
| पुजां | pujam | 0.04 |
| पुंज | punja | 0.04 |
| पुंड | punda | 0.03 |
| पु़ंजा | punja | 0.02 |
| पुना | puna | 0.02 |
| कुंजा | kunja | 0.02 |
| मुंजा | munja | 0.02 |
| पुणा | puna | 0.01 |
| रुंजा | runja | 0.01 |
| पुनजा | punaja | 0.01 |
| Punja in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁ | pu | 84.04 |
| ପୁା | pua | 10.64 |
| ପୁଂଜା | punja | 1.06 |
| ପୁଂଜ | punja | 1.06 |
| ପୁଜ୍ି | puji | 1.06 |
| Punja in the Hindi language | ||
| पूंजा | punja | 47.3 |
| पुंजा | punja | 45.51 |
| पुन्जा | punja | 3.62 |
| पूँजा | pumja | 1.85 |
| पून्जा | punja | 0.86 |
| पुँजा | pumja | 0.49 |
| पुन्ज | punja | 0.08 |
| पुजा | puja | 0.08 |
| पूजा | puja | 0.05 |
| पुॅंजा | puenja | 0.03 |
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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 Punja
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