Punjab Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Punjab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 102 | 1:89,826 | 8,037 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Malaysia | 37 | 1:797,141 | 36,924 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Punjab (20,899) may also be a first name.
Punjab Demographics
Average Punjab Salary in
England
£26,372
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
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
Punjab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punjab in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕུན་རྒྱབ་ | püngyab | - |
| Punjab in the Hindi language | ||
| पंजाब | panjaba | - |
| Punjab in the Marathi language | ||
| पंजाब | panjaba | 99.13 |
| पंजाबा | panjaba | 0.18 |
| पुंजाब | punjaba | 0.17 |
| पुंजाजी | punjaji | 0.08 |
| पुनाजी | punaji | 0.02 |
| पुनसे | punase | 0.02 |
| पूंजाब | punjaba | 0.01 |
| पुंजब | punjaba | 0.01 |
| पुजाजी | pujaji | 0.01 |
| पूंजाजी | punjaji | 0.01 |
| गुंजाल | gunjala | 0 |
| पुणाजी | punaji | 0 |
| पुंजाळी | punjali | 0 |
| पंजीब | panjiba | 0 |
| पुणाज | punaja | 0 |
| संजाब | sanjaba | 0 |
| पुणस | punasa | 0 |
| मुजाबा | mujaba | 0 |
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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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