Puntan Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Puntan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puntan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales261:119,0209,008
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
England111:5,065,278148,650
Lebanon91:626,34314,059
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Puntan (354) may also be a first name.

Puntan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puntan (Hindi: पुन्तन, Marathi: पुंटन) occurs more in Wales more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puntan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Puntan live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 463,079th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 354 people.

It is most frequent in Wales, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 119,020. In Wales Puntan is most prevalent in: City and County of Swansea, where 38 percent reside, Powys, where 23 percent reside and Blaenau Gwent County Borough, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Wales this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and England, where 15 percent reside.

Puntan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Puntan has changed over time. In Wales the number of people carrying the Puntan surname increased 325 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Puntan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Puntan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puntan in the Marathi language
पुंटनpuntana-
Puntan in the Hindi language
पुन्तनpuntana94.22
पुंतनpuntana3.11
पुनतनpunatana1.33
पुंतानpuntana0.89
पूंतनpuntana0.44

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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 Puntan
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