Punwa Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Punwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Punwa (109) may also be a first name.
Punwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Punwa (Hindi: पूनवा) occurs more in Guyana more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Punwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Punwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Punwa is the 3,882,373rd most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Punwa live; 62 percent live in South America and 62 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America. Punwa is also the 900,062nd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 109 people.
The surname Punwa is most frequently used in Guyana, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 47,639. In Guyana Punwa is mostly concentrated in: East Berbice-Corentyne, where 94 percent live and Demerara-Mahaica, where 6 percent live. Not including Guyana this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 23 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punwad | 91 | 11 | / |
| Punwai | 91 | 4 | / |
| Punwah | 91 | 4 | / |
| Phunwa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Phunwat | 83 | 25 | / |
| Phunwai | 83 | 2 | / |
| Punua | 80 | 80 | / |
| Punva | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ponwa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Punwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phonwa | 73 | 394 | / |
| Punvat | 73 | 28 | / |
| Punnva | 73 | 7 | / |
| Punwer | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ponwai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pumwat | 73 | 3 | / |
| Paunva | 73 | 2 | / |
| Phinwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pumhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Punuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Punuas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Punbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Punvas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phonwai | 67 | 65 | / |
| Phumwat | 67 | 61 | / |
| Phinwai | 67 | 39 | / |
| Phumwai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Punguha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Punhwer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Punvaja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Punnbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phunwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phonwha | 67 | 1 | / |
Punwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punwa in the Hindi language | ||
| पूनवा | punava | - |
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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 Punwa
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