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
Punnai (Marathi: पुाई) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Punnai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Punnai is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Punnai live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common given name in the world. It is borne by 27 people.
Punnai is most numerous in India, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 40 percent are found and Telangana, where 20 percent are found. Barring India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Scotland, where 13 percent are found.
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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