Punjab Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Punjab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punjab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates1021:89,8268,037
India671:11,448,737210,278
Iran371:2,075,20373,016
Malaysia371:797,14136,924
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Punjab (20,899) may also be a first name.

Punjab Last Name Facts

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

The surname Punjab (Hindi: पंजाब, Marathi: पंजाब, Tibetan: ཕུན་རྒྱབ་) is held by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punjab? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,014,722nd most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Punjab live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 36,592nd most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20,899 people.

Punjab is most frequent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 89,826. Excluding The United Arab Emirates this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent live and Iran, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punjabh924/
Punjap838/
Punjaw832/
Punjav831/
Pinjab831/
Punsab831/
Phunsab776/
Punsap678/
Punhap677/
Punjow672/
Ponsab671/
Punyaw671/
Pumsab671/

Punjab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punjab in the Tibetan language
ཕུན་རྒྱབ་püngyab-
Punjab in the Hindi language
पंजाबpanjaba-
Punjab in the Marathi language
पंजाबpanjaba99.13
पंजाबाpanjaba0.18
पुंजाबpunjaba0.17
पुंजाजीpunjaji0.08
पुनाजीpunaji0.02
पुनसेpunase0.02
पूंजाबpunjaba0.01
पुंजबpunjaba0.01
पुजाजीpujaji0.01
पूंजाजीpunjaji0.01
गुंजालgunjala0
पुणाजीpunaji0
पुंजाळीpunjali0
पंजीबpanjiba0
पुणाजpunaja0
संजाबsanjaba0
पुणसpunasa0
मुजाबाmujaba0

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Punjab
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