Puntea Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Puntea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 117 | 1:30,439 | 4,859 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Puntea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puntea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puntea occurs more in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puntea? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Puntea are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 30,439. In Moldova it is primarily found in: Briceni District, where 90 percent reside, Edineț District, where 5 percent reside and Chișinău Municipality, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Moldova this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 4 percent reside and Azerbaijan, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Puntea
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