Puntang Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Puntang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Puntang (45) may also be a first name.
Puntang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puntang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puntang is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puntang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,980,395th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Puntang occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Puntang live; 84 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name globally, held by 45 people.
The surname is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 921,695. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 91 percent live, Sabah, where 6 percent live and Kedah, where 3 percent live. Beside Malaysia Puntang exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 27 percent live and Indonesia, where 21 percent live.
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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 Puntang
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