Punning Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Estonia

Punning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1111:6,910,499153,869
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Punning Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punning occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Punning? popularity and diffusion

The surname Punning is the 1,484,726th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. Punning is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Punning live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 6,910,499. In India it is most frequent in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 100 percent reside. Barring India Punning is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 19 percent reside and Jamaica, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puning92296/
Punnin9228/
Puening86101/
Phunnin8678/
Ponning8619/
Putning864/
Punnina863/
Punneng862/
Pusning862/
Pungnin861/
Punging861/
Phuning861/
Puniong861/
Puningh861/
Peuning861/
Pauning860/
Punin831,413/
Phungnin8026/
Putnings803/
Poungnin801/
Pounging801/
Pfuining800/
Punina774,489/
Poning77622/
Pungin77446/
Punnen77367/
Pining77213/
Paunin77148/
Putnin77134/
Püning7750/
Phunin7733/
Ponnin7716/
Punnim7714/
Pugnin7710/
Peunin776/
Pumnin776/
Pounin771/
Puchennin752/
Phaungnin751/
Piening711,524/
Phumnin71407/
Phonnin71320/
Paunina71172/
Phutnin71165/
Phunnim71153/
Phunnen7156/
Phunina7121/
Pauneng7119/
Poungin7117/
Paungin7114/
Punyong715/
Ponieng715/
Peunina714/
Phounin713/
Pungnim712/
Poonnin712/
Pungnen711/
Poening711/
Pounina711/
Punoeng711/
Paugnin710/
Phining710/
Ponin671,725/
Punim6796/
Punyn6791/
Punen6737/
Phunyong674/
Punín673/
Puñin672/
Peungnim671/
Phoonnin671/

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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 Punning
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