Puntano Surname

231,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Puntano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puntano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina1,7411:24,5512,051
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Puntano Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puntano is most common in Argentina. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puntano? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 231,065th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,164,312 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Puntano reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Argentina, where it is carried by 1,741 people, or 1 in 24,551. In Argentina Puntano is most frequent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 31 percent are found, Salta Province, where 21 percent are found and Santiago del Estero Province, where 13 percent are found. Besides Argentina this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puntanos939/
Puntanoo935/
Phuntanot8811/
Punthanoo881/
Puntana86142/
Punthana808/
Phuntana802/
Puintana801/
Phuntonot75288/
Phunthana756/
Pontana71165/
Phunthanga711/
Poontana678/
Pontanah678/
Pontonou675/
Pontonuo674/
Ponthana673/
Phontana671/
Phonthana6325/
Pontona571/

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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 Puntano
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