Punku Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Punku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary181:545,34933,535
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Punku (114) may also be a first name.

Punku Last Name Facts

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

Punku (Bengali: পুঙ্কু, Hindi: पुनकु, Marathi: पुंकु, Oriya: ପୁୁ) is found most in Hungary. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Punku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Punku is the 3,228,735th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Punku reside; 65 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 49 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 877,214th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 114 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 545,349. In Hungary it is mostly found in: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 100 percent live. Barring Hungary this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 24 percent live and Ukraine, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paunku9123/
Punkui9115/
Punkup914/
Pungkus8321/
Punkhui832/
Pounkou832/
Pungkuy831/
Pounkeu831/
Punkhuu831/
Ponku80253/
Puncu8060/
Phungkau771/
Phuncu7325/
Ponkeu7316/
Pongku7310/
Puncuh737/
Ponkou733/
Ponkku733/
Ponkui731/
Pfaunkuch710/
Phongku6728/
Phumkhu679/
Puncujs672/
Phonkui671/
Puncheu671/
Poonkouh621/
Puncoo551/

Punku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punku in the Bengali language
পুঙ্কুpunku-
Punku in the Oriya language
ପୁୁpuu-
Punku in the Marathi language
पुंकुpunku50
िपनकूipanaku50
Punku in the Hindi language
पुनकुpunaku33.33
पून्कूpunku16.67
पुनकूpunaku16.67
पुंकुpunku16.67
पिंकूpinku16.67

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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 Punku
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