Punungwe Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Punungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 420 | 1:36,758 | 5,689 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Punungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Punungwe is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punungwe? popularity and diffusion
Punungwe is the 672,867th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. Punungwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Punungwe reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 36,758. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 47 percent reside, Harare Province, where 36 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, 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 Punungwe
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