Puntha Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Puntha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 71 | 1:994,906 | 151,495 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
Puntha (39) may also be a first name.
Puntha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puntha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puntha (Hindi: पूंठा, Marathi: पुन्था, Oriya: ପୁା) is most common in Thailand. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puntha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puntha is the 1,710,039th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Puntha is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Puntha are found; 62 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 62 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Puntha is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 994,906. In Thailand Puntha is most prevalent in: Phayao Province, where 68 percent are found, Chiang Mai Province, where 13 percent are found and Bangkok, where 6 percent are found. Besides Thailand it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puntha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puntha in the Marathi language | ||
| पुन्था | puntha | - |
| Puntha in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁା | pua | 92.31 |
| ପୁନ୍ଥା | puntha | 7.69 |
| Puntha in the Hindi language | ||
| पूंठा | puntha | 50 |
| पुंथा | puntha | 50 |
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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 Puntha
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