Punnai Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Punnai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Punnai (27) may also be a first name.
Punnai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punnai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Punnai (Marathi: पुाई) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Punnai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Punnai is the 6,723,624th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Punnai occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Punnai are found; 63 percent are found in South Asia and 63 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Punnai is also the 2,036,353rd most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.
The surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Punnai is most common in: Maharashtra, where 40 percent live and Telangana, where 20 percent live. Barring India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Scotland, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punnai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punnai in the Marathi language | ||
| पुाई | pua'i | - |
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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
- 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 Punnai
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