Punpun Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Punpun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punpun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Punpun (349) may also be a first name.

Punpun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Punpun is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punpun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 68 percent of Punpun live; 68 percent live in Oceania Islands and 68 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Punpun is also the 466,636th most numerous first name internationally, held by 349 people.

Punpun is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Punpun is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 95 percent reside and New Ireland, where 5 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and Thailand, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punpuun921/
Punpunk921/
Punpung921/
Pounpun921/
Phunphun8615/
Punpoung8614/
Punpuing868/
Phunpung864/
Phuenpun861/
Punpon8361/
Ponpun8328/
Phunphung801/
Punphon77107/
Poonpun7751/
Phonpun776/
Phunpon774/
Punpoen771/
Punpoon771/
Punpuim771/
Pubun731/
Phunphon716,903/
Pumpoung71152/
Phunphum71123/
Pumpaung7112/
Pumphung711/
Pumpeung711/
Ponpon671,454/
Pumpum6712/
Pumphoung675/
Pumphaung674/
Phunphoen671/

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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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  • 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 Punpun
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