Punun Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Punun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Punun (18) may also be a first name.

Punun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Punun (Hindi: पुनूं) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Punun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Punun occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Punun live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname Punun is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,474,711. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 100 percent are found. Beside Malaysia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 12 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pungun9147/
Punnun9117/
Punung9116/
Puinun918/
Punhun917/
Punaun911/
Pumnun911/
Putnun910/
Paunun910/
Phumnun8346/
Pumnoun832/
Punnoun831/
Putnaun831/
Punhung831/
Peutnun830/
Punon80133/
Punum8066/
Ponun802/
Pinun801/
Punautin771/
Punhoung771/
Phunngun771/
Paunon73791/
Phunon73443/
Pumnum73142/
Putnum7367/
Phunum7340/
Punnon7321/
Punoon7315/
Punnum734/
Poonun732/
Phinun732/
Phonun731/
Pounum731/
Phumnum67104/
Phunnum676/
Phonnun674/
Punnoum672/
Puinoon672/
Puttnum671/
Pumnoum671/
Phunoon671/
Phunnon671/
Punnhon671/

Punun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punun in the Hindi language
पुनूंpunum-

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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 Punun
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