Punniah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Punniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Punniah (16) may also be a first name.
Punniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Punniah is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punniah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Punniah live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name Punniah is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia it is most common in: Johor, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punnieah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Punnia | 92 | 55 | / |
| Puniah | 92 | 31 | / |
| Puniach | 86 | 31 | / |
| Punjiah | 86 | 9 | / |
| Punnjah | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pauniah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Punia | 83 | 4,838 | / |
| Punnaiya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Punaiyah | 80 | 4 | / |
| Punnayia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ponnieah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ponnijah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poonniah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Punnihoo | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pounia | 77 | 73 | / |
| Pungia | 77 | 63 | / |
| Punjah | 77 | 40 | / |
| Paunia | 77 | 25 | / |
| Punjia | 77 | 10 | / |
| Putnia | 77 | 10 | / |
| Punias | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ponnia | 77 | 8 | / |
| Pungna | 77 | 2 | / |
| Piniah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puniat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puniho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Punnea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Punnya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Punnho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Punyah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puniad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ponnaaiah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phuniat | 71 | 265 | / |
| Piniaha | 71 | 52 | / |
| Pauniat | 71 | 12 | / |
| Poungia | 71 | 6 | / |
| Punaiya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bhpunia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phungna | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pungnoi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phuniad | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peungna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ponniha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phungia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puneiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pounias | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponnija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pungnap | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punnjya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punijay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punya | 67 | 4,848 | / |
| Punja | 67 | 3,600 | / |
| Punio | 67 | 849 | / |
| Ponia | 67 | 563 | / |
| Pinia | 67 | 548 | / |
| Pugna | 67 | 486 | / |
| Punha | 67 | 220 | / |
| Punnayya | 67 | 71 | / |
| Pooynnia | 67 | 61 | / |
| Ponnaiya | 67 | 59 | / |
| Punho | 67 | 45 | / |
| Punea | 67 | 20 | / |
| Poungnoi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Phungnoi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Paungnoi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ponaiyah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Putnaiya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peungnoi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ponneiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pujnajha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Putngnat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pieniaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Punahaya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Punniah
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