Punks Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Punks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Punks (5) may also be a first name.

Punks Last Name Facts

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

Punks occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Punks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Punks are found; 67 percent are found in Australasia and 67 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently held given name in the world, held by 5 people.

Punks is most widespread in Australia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia it is primarily found in: Tasmania, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Australia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Punks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Punks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Punks last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punkse914/
Pungs8084/
Ponks800/
Paunkshe775/
Phungs732/
Puings730/
Punx671/
Pfungst670/
Phincks670/
Pongs60641/
Ponxs6013/
Ponkz601/
Phongs555/
Phoncs552/
Ponggs550/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Punks
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis