Punkie Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Punkie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punkie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Punkie (225) may also be a first name.

Punkie Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punkie is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Punkie? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Punkie live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Punkie is also the 599,828th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 225 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Punkie is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 11 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 11 percent are found.

Punkie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Punkie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Punkie last name fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punke91998/
Punki9150/
Phunkied861/
Pungki83591/
Punkki83226/
Pfunke8316/
Pungke8315/
Punkui8315/
Peunke836/
Punkey835/
Puncke834/
Putnki831/
Paunke831/
Ponkie831/
Phunket77489/
Punkhet7731/
Punkyer7714/
Pungket7710/
Pohunke776/
Pungkai774/
Phunkyi774/
Pungkey773/
Punkess773/
Punkeha772/
Pungkij772/
Punkhui772/
Pungkee772/
Punchie771/
Punckes771/
Punkiss771/
Putenki771/
Pounkeu771/
Punkead770/
Puncker770/
Punky73446/
Punka73270/
Ponke73187/
Punce7393/
Ponki7347/
Phunkhet71149/
Pohungke7128/
Phunkett716/
Phungkee715/
Pounkett715/
Phungket713/
Phungkit713/
Poungkes712/
Phungkij712/
Poungket712/
Poungkid711/
Poungkai711/
Punkhaji711/
Pounkoue711/
Pungkawe711/
Phungkid711/
Phungkep711/
Paunkett710/
Punchi67878/
Ponkey67518/
Punkka67203/
Pungky67135/
Pongki67131/
Pounce6781/
Puncea6745/
Punche6731/
Punkay6720/
Ponkeu6716/
Pongke677/
Poungkhai674/
Pungka674/
Phonke673/
Ponkiy673/
Poncki673/
Pumket672/
Ponkai672/
Punkaj672/
Phaungket672/
Phuengkij672/
Ponkui671/
Poungkeat671/
Ponkoi671/
Punkha671/
Ponkhi671/
Punque671/
Ponkei671/
Pounka671/
Paunka671/
Poncke671/
Phunky671/
Ponnke671/
Paunce670/

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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 Punkie
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