Punniya Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Punniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Punniya (235) may also be a first name.
Punniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punniya (Hindi: पुंनिया, Marathi: पुणिमया) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Punniya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punniya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Punniya is the 4,908,606th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Punniya are found; 81 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Punniya is also the 584,346th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 235 people.
The surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 46 percent are found, Tamil Nadu, where 31 percent are found and Delhi, where 8 percent are found. Beside India it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punniya in the Marathi language | ||
| पुणिमया | punimaya | - |
| Punniya in the Hindi language | ||
| पुंनिया | punniya | 38.46 |
| पूंनिया | punniya | 23.08 |
| पुंनीया | punniya | 15.38 |
| पुन्निया | punniya | 11.54 |
| पुन्नीया | punniya | 7.69 |
| पूंनीया | punniya | 3.85 |
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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 Punniya
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