Punra Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Punra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2951:2,600,22281,894
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Punra (589) may also be a first name.

Punra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punra (Hindi: पूण्रा, Oriya: ପୂର୍ଚ, Tibetan: པུར་ན་) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Punra click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Punra? popularity and diffusion

It is the 891,661st most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Punra are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 344,724th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 589 people.

Punra is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 2,600,222. In India it is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 84 percent reside, Gujarat, where 12 percent reside and Rajasthan, where 3 percent reside. Beside India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punrat9147/
Punraj9112/
Punrai916/
Punrad912/
Pounraj8386/
Phunrat8354/
Pounrat836/
Punrach834/
Paunraj834/
Punrath831/
Phunrai831/
Paunrat831/
Ponra8033/
Punri8012/
Punry801/
Ponraj731,287/
Phumra73411/
Punrod7325/
Punrit7312/
Punret734/
Pumrat734/
Phonra732/
Punroo731/
Ponrai731/
Punroj731/
Phunro731/
Poonra731/
Phounrath712/
Phunrot67327/
Phumrat67288/
Phonrai67207/
Phunrit6729/
Ponnraj676/
Ponraha673/
Phumrad671/
Puinero671/
Phonnra671/
Phonraj671/
Ponruha671/
Punrith671/
Punroop671/
Poumrat670/

Punra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punra in the Tibetan language
པུར་ན་purna-
Punra in the Oriya language
ପୂର୍ଚpurca-
Punra in the Hindi language
पूण्राpunra54.05
पूर्णाpurna28.89
पुर्णाpurna3.72
पुनराpunara3.55
पूण्र्ाpunra3.21
पूंराpunra1.86
पुण्राpunra1.69
पू्ण्राpunra1.35
पूनराpunara0.68
पुण्र्ाpunra0.51
पुंराpunra0.34
पुंरpunra0.17

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Punra
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