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 surname Punnai (Marathi: पुाई) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punnai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Punnai occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name on earth, held by 27 people.
The last name Punnai is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Punnai is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 40 percent reside and Telangana, where 20 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Scotland, where 13 percent reside.
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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