Punjan Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Punjan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
Punjan (186) may also be a first name.
Punjan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punjan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punjan (Hindi: पूंजन, Marathi: पुंजन) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Punjan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punjan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,484,726th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname Punjan occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Punjan reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Punjan is also the 667,122nd most numerous first name worldwide, held by 186 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 6,788,189. In India it is primarily found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 88 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 6 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 4 percent are found. Aside from India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 7 percent are found and Qatar, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punjan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punjan in the Marathi language | ||
| पुंजन | punjana | 50 |
| पुंजान | punjana | 33.33 |
| पुंजण | punjana | 16.67 |
| Punjan in the Hindi language | ||
| पूंजन | punjana | 49.28 |
| पुंजन | punjana | 39.13 |
| पुन्जन | punjana | 10.14 |
| पुनजन | punajana | 1.45 |
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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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- 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 Punjan
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