Punwassi Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Punwassi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punwassi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Guyana11:762,22114,420

Punwassi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Punwassi occurs most in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punwassi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Punwassi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Punwassi are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 64 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Western Cape, where 12 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Guyana, where 3 percent are found.

Punwassi Last Name Statistics demography

Punwassi earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.55% less than the national average, earning R 169,800 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punwassie9416/
Punwasi93374/
Phunwasi8854/
Punwasie8842/
Punbassi881/
Punwassee821/
Punvasi8038/
Punwase802/
Poonwasi7545/
Punwasee7522/
Ponwasie756/
Punnvasi753/
Punvashi752/
Punwashy751/
Poonwasie7155/
Ponwasee6315/
Poonwasee5926/
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
  • 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 Punwassi
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