Punuma Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Punuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Punuma (25) may also be a first name.
Punuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Punuma is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Punuma is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Punuma are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most common first name in the world, borne by 25 people.
Punuma is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Hela, where 44 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 44 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punguma | 92 | 4 | / |
| Punnuma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Paunnuma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pounouma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Phunumat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Punima | 83 | 461 | / |
| Punumo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Punoma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Punume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Punimah | 77 | 46 | / |
| Punimay | 77 | 37 | / |
| Punimai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Punhima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ponumai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phunhima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phunomoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punnimma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punomo | 67 | 245 | / |
| Pinima | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ponoma | 67 | 12 | / |
| Punimo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poonumajj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paunimo | 62 | 9 | / |
| Pinimai | 62 | 1 | / |
| Phonhomha | 53 | 22 | / |
| Phonhommai | 50 | 40 | / |
| Ponomo | 50 | 23 | / |
| Ponomi | 50 | 8 | / |
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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 Punuma
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