Punus Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Punus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 70 | 1:10,958,077 | 204,613 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
Punus (140) may also be a first name.
Punus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Punus (Hindi: पुनुस, Marathi: पुनुस) has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Punus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,967,751st most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Punus reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Punus is also the 781,395th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 140 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 10,958,077. In India Punus is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 31 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 20 percent reside and Bihar, where 19 percent reside. Outside of India Punus exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punus in the Marathi language | ||
| पुनुस | punusa | - |
| Punus in the Hindi language | ||
| पुनुस | punusa | 61.54 |
| पूनुस | punusa | 20 |
| पुनूस | punusa | 9.23 |
| पूनूस | punusa | 7.69 |
| पूनुष | punusa | 1.54 |
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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 Punus
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