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
The surname Punwa (Hindi: पूनवा) occurs more in Guyana more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Punwa? popularity and diffusion
Punwa is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Punwa reside; 62 percent reside in South America and 62 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America. Punwa is also the 900,062nd most widely held first name on earth, held by 109 people.
The last name Punwa is most commonly used in Guyana, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 47,639. In Guyana Punwa is most prevalent in: East Berbice-Corentyne, where 94 percent live and Demerara-Mahaica, where 6 percent live. Not including Guyana this last name is found 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
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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 Punwa
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