Punjabi Surname
Approximately 16,456 people bear this surname
Punjabi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11,653 | 1:65,826 | 4,481 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,214 | 1:7,547 | 948 |
| Pakistan | 843 | 1:211,914 | 5,074 |
| United States | 604 | 1:600,098 | 48,868 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Thailand | 191 | 1:369,834 | 64,954 |
| Brunei | 159 | 1:2,634 | 462 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| England | 122 | 1:456,705 | 30,074 |
| Canada | 83 | 1:443,923 | 38,562 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Spain | 58 | 1:806,070 | 33,159 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Belize | 55 | 1:6,463 | 1,030 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| Mauritius | 45 | 1:28,743 | 5,603 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Chile | 29 | 1:607,465 | 14,668 |
| Panama | 26 | 1:150,471 | 4,892 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 20 | 1:5,519 | 844 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Punjabi (706) may also be a first name.
Punjabi Demographics
Average Male Punjabi Height
173.72 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Punjabi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punjabi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punjabi (Hindi: पंजाबी, Marathi: पंजाबी) is most common in India. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Punjabi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punjabi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 32,362nd most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 442,850 people. The last name Punjabi is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Punjabi reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Punjabi is also the 310,909th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 706 people.
The last name Punjabi is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 11,653 people, or 1 in 65,826. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent live, West Bengal, where 2 percent live and Delhi, where 1 percent live. Besides India Punjabi occurs in 78 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 7 percent live and Pakistan, where 5 percent live.
Punjabi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Punjabi last name are 2.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Punjabi earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 23.6% more than the national average, earning $53,331 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.3% more than the national average, earning $55,297 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punjabai | 93 | 4 | / |
| Puinjabi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Punjabhai | 88 | 550 | / |
| Pinjabi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Punjavi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ponjabi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Punjaba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Punjabe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pumjabi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Punjabee | 80 | 22 | / |
| Punyabai | 80 | 3 | / |
| Punjabuy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poonjabai | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pumjabhai | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ponjabe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Punyawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punyawai | 67 | 96 | / |
| Punchaby | 67 | 5 | / |
| Punyavai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Punchavi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Punyabha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Punsabuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouniabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pougnabe | 67 | 1 | / |
Punjabi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punjabi in the Hindi language | ||
| पंजाबी | panjabi | - |
| Punjabi in the Marathi language | ||
| पंजाबी | panjabi | 99.02 |
| पुंजाबी | punjabi | 0.48 |
| पुनम | punama | 0.09 |
| पंजािब | panjaiba | 0.07 |
| पूनम | punama | 0.06 |
| पुन्जाबी | punjabi | 0.04 |
| पुंजिब | punjiba | 0.03 |
| पंजबी | panjabi | 0.03 |
| पुंजाजी | punjaji | 0.01 |
| पुंजबी | punjabi | 0.01 |
| पंजाब | panjaba | 0.01 |
| पांजबी | panjabi | 0.01 |
| पुंजािब | punjaiba | 0.01 |
| डापंजाबी | dapanjabi | 0.01 |
| पनजाबी | panajabi | 0.01 |
| पजाबी | pajabi | 0.01 |
| पुनीत | punita | 0.01 |
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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 Punjabi
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