Punya Surname
Approximately 4,848 people bear this surname
Punya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,959 | 1:259,231 | 14,933 |
| Thailand | 1,656 | 1:42,656 | 4,775 |
| Belarus | 75 | 1:126,681 | 18,297 |
| Indonesia | 68 | 1:1,944,841 | 122,869 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Punya (30,071) may also be a first name.
Punya Demographics
Average Punya Salary in
United States
$63,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Punya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Punya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Punya (Bengali: পুণ্য, Hindi: पुन्या, Marathi: पुन्या, Oriya: ପୁଣଯ୍, Russian: Пуня, Tibetan: པུན་ཡ་) is found most frequently in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Punya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 97,845th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,503,207 people. The surname Punya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Punya live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 27,838th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 30,071 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 2,959 people, or 1 in 259,231. In India Punya is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 92 percent reside, Telangana, where 3 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent reside. Not including India Punya occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 34 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.
Punya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Punya last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.
Punya earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.45% more than the national average, earning $63,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Punya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Punya in the Marathi language | ||
| पुन्या | pun'ya | 84.42 |
| पुण्या | punya | 10.62 |
| पून्या | pun'ya | 2.71 |
| पुनया | punaya | 1.27 |
| पूण्या | punya | 0.65 |
| पुंज्या | punjya | 0.03 |
| पूनया | punaya | 0.03 |
| पुण्य | punya | 0.03 |
| हुण्या | hunya | 0.03 |
| Punya in the Bengali language | ||
| পুণ্য | punya | 71.43 |
| পূণ্য | punya | 14.29 |
| পুণ্যরাম | punyarama | 14.29 |
| Punya in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུན་ཡ་ | pünya | 50 |
| པུ་ནི་ཡ་ | puniya | 25 |
| པུ་ནི་ | puni | 25 |
| Punya in the Hindi language | ||
| पुन्या | pun'ya | 49.32 |
| पून्या | pun'ya | 43.03 |
| पुण्य | punya | 2.22 |
| पुण्या | punya | 2.19 |
| पुन्य | pun'ya | 2.02 |
| पुनया | punaya | 0.31 |
| पून्य | pun'ya | 0.21 |
| पूण्य | punya | 0.17 |
| पूण्या | punya | 0.14 |
| पुंया | punya | 0.07 |
| पुनिया | puniya | 0.03 |
| पुणया | punaya | 0.03 |
| पूंया | punya | 0.03 |
| पुणय | punaya | 0.03 |
| पुर्णा | purna | 0.03 |
| पुनय | punaya | 0.03 |
| पूनिया | puniya | 0.03 |
| पू्न्या | pun'ya | 0.03 |
| Punya in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁଣଯ୍ | punay | 38.92 |
| ପୁନଯ୍ | punay | 18.23 |
| ପୁନଯ୍ା | punaya | 9.36 |
| ପୂଣଯ୍ | punay | 9.11 |
| ପୁଣ | puna | 8.37 |
| ପୁନ | puna | 3.94 |
| ପୂନଯ୍ | punay | 3.2 |
| ପୁନା | puna | 2.22 |
| ପୁଣଯ୍ା | punaya | 0.74 |
| ପୂଣ | puna | 0.74 |
| ପୁନିଆ | puni'a | 0.74 |
| ପୂଣଯ୍ା | punaya | 0.74 |
| ପୂନ | puna | 0.49 |
| ପୂନଯ୍ା | punaya | 0.25 |
| ପୁନଜ୍ା | punaja | 0.25 |
| ପୂନମ | punama | 0.25 |
| ପୁଣି | puni | 0.25 |
| ପୂର୍ା | pura | 0.25 |
| Punya in the Russian language | ||
| Пуня | puna | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Punya
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