Punjoo Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Punjoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punjoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius1171:11,0552,402
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Punjoo (13) may also be a first name.

Punjoo Last Name Facts

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

Punjoo (Hindi: पुन्जू) is borne by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Punjoo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Punjoo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,620,164th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Punjoo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Punjoo are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean. Punjoo is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 11,055. In Mauritius Punjoo is primarily concentrated in: Grand Port District, where 60 percent live, Plaines Wilhems District, where 37 percent live and Flacq District, where 3 percent live. Besides Mauritius this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punjo91973/
Punhoo8340/
Punijo836/
Punyoo836/
Punjot835/
Ponjoo833/
Phunjo833/
Punjoy832/
Pinjoo832/
Puncoo831/
Punjoi831/
Punchoo77152/
Phinjoo774/
Pounjou772/
Phunyoo771/
Phunjoi771/
Pungnoo771/
Punehoo771/
Phunjoh771/
Punzo735,371/
Punja733,600/
Punyo731,300/
Punio73849/
Pugno73626/
Pinjo73404/
Punso73313/
Punju73214/
Ponjo73134/
Punho7345/
Punco7333/
Puneo735/
Poundjou7112/
Peungnoo714/
Phunsood713/
Phunchoo711/
Punchooa711/
Punnihoo710/
Ponijo67470/
Punneo67138/
Pundju6762/
Punjui6756/
Pumneo6754/
Punzio6744/
Punjah6740/
Paunio6731/
Punjad6729/
Puncho6721/
Ponjio6721/
Punhoi6719/
Punyot6717/
Punjya6715/
Punjuy6712/
Paunju6712/
Punjia6710/
Ponzoo679/
Phunzo679/
Punjap678/
Phunso677/
Phunyo677/
Ponjou674/
Pugnot674/
Punsod674/
Punjja673/
Puinho673/
Punjas672/
Pugnoy672/
Punjau672/
Poonjo672/
Pinjoy671/
Punjaa671/
Puniho671/
Paunja671/
Paunco671/
Punyod671/
Punoju671/
Pougno671/
Ponjoj671/
Ponsoo671/
Pugnod671/
Punsot671/
Punyos671/
Peugno671/
Punjud671/
Punhou671/
Punsoy671/
Punnyo671/
Punnho671/
Putnio671/
Punjat671/
Puigno671/
Pounja671/
Pfunio671/
Puinco670/

Punjoo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punjoo in the Hindi language
पुन्जूpunju-

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Footnotes

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