Punur Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Punur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India131:59,005,029552,550
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Punur (40) may also be a first name.

Punur Last Name Facts

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

Punur (Hindi: पुनुर, Marathi: पुनूर, Oriya: ପୁନୁର) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Punur? popularity and diffusion

Punur is the 3,730,171st most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Punur live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 46 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most common forename at a global level, borne by 40 people.

The surname Punur is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 85 percent are found, Chhattisgarh, where 8 percent are found and Telangana, where 8 percent are found. Aside from India Punur occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pungur9118/
Punnur9115/
Punure917/
Punhur911/
Paunur911/
Punnure834/
Punutrh831/
Putnaur830/
Ponur8069/
Pinur8018/
Punor802/
Peugneur772/
Poungour772/
Ponnur732,710/
Pineur73124/
Punhor7315/
Punoor736/
Poonur734/
Peunor731/
Punnoor6712/
Punhoor674/
Ponneur671/
Ponor60127/
Ponnor5525/
Phonor556/
Poonoor50205/

Punur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punur in the Oriya language
ପୁନୁରpunura-
Punur in the Hindi language
पुनुरpunura75
पूनूरpunura25
Punur in the Marathi language
पुनूरpunura50
पुनुरpunura33.33
पूनूरpunura16.67

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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 Punur
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