Punwasie Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Punwasie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punwasie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Punwasie Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punwasie is most common in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punwasie? popularity and diffusion

The last name Punwasie is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Punwasie live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 17,259,949. In The United States Punwasie is primarily found in: New York, where 95 percent live and New Jersey, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 24 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 14 percent live.

Punwasie Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Punwasie earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.88% less than the national average, earning R 54,936 per year and in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punwassie9416/
Punwasi93374/
Punwase932/
Phunwasi8854/
Punwassi8834/
Punwasee8822/
Ponwasie886/
Poonwasie8255/
Punwassee821/
Punvasi8038/
Poonwassie78177/
Poonwasi7545/
Ponwasee7515/
Punnvasi753/
Punvashi752/
Punwashy751/
Punbassi751/
Poonwasee7126/
Phumbaisi595/
Poonwossee561/

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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 Punwasie
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