Punshi Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Punshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 223 | 1:3,439,755 | 98,400 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Punshi (229) may also be a first name.
Punshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Punshi (Hindi: पुन्शी, Marathi: पुनशी) is most common in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Punshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 950,707th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Punshi live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 593,349th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 229 people.
The last name Punshi is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 3,439,755. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 48 percent reside, Delhi, where 14 percent reside and Uttarkhand, where 8 percent reside. Besides India it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 5 percent reside and Singapore, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punshi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punshi in the Hindi language | ||
| पुन्शी | punsi | 55.17 |
| पुंशी | punsi | 41.38 |
| पुनशी | punasi | 1.72 |
| पूनशी | punasi | 1.72 |
| Punshi in the Marathi language | ||
| पुनशी | punasi | 41.69 |
| पुन्शी | punsi | 23.45 |
| पुंशी | punsi | 16.29 |
| पुनिश | punisa | 5.86 |
| पुणशी | punasi | 3.58 |
| पून्शी | punsi | 1.95 |
| पुनसी | punasi | 1.63 |
| पूनशी | punasi | 1.63 |
| पुिन्श | puinsa | 0.98 |
| पुन्सी | punsi | 0.65 |
| मुनशी | munasi | 0.65 |
| पुंजी | punji | 0.65 |
| पूंशी | punsi | 0.33 |
| पुलशी | pulasi | 0.33 |
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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 Punshi
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