Punza Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Punza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Punza Last Name Facts

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

Punza (Russian: Пунза) is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punza? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,305,105th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Punza live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phunza9121/
Pundza917/
Punzai914/
Punzah911/
Poundza839/
Pountza835/
Punzo805,371/
Punja803,600/
Punzi802,684/
Ponza802,210/
Punca80110/
Punze8034/
Punsa8027/
Pumza807/
Punça801/
Punzy801/
Pountzas7745/
Punzet73314/
Pfunzi73308/
Puncia73174/
Pungea73128/
Poncza73121/
Ponzoa73101/
Pungia7363/
Phunsa7348/
Puncha7348/
Puncea7345/
Punzio7344/
Phunzi7338/
Punjai7338/
Punjad7329/
Punsay7321/
Pondza7319/
Punzer7318/
Phonza7313/
Pfunze7313/
Punjay7312/
Phunzo739/
Punsah738/
Punsap738/
Punjap738/
Punsai734/
Poenza733/
Punjja733/
Ponzia733/
Punjau732/
Pounzi732/
Punjas732/
Pundzi731/
Paunja731/
Pounja731/
Punjat731/
Ponzaa731/
Phunca731/
Punsha731/
Punjaa731/
Punzie731/
Phumza731/
Phunze730/
Putinja67159/
Phunsat67109/
Punchai67107/
Phuncha6790/
Ponzoha6726/
Phunsap6723/
Poundja6719/
Punchat6717/
Paunzer6714/
Phounsa6711/
Poungia676/
Punchay675/
Punsaph675/
Phundzi673/
Paunsay673/
Paunjay673/
Phuensa672/
Paunjat672/
Punnjah672/
Phunsau671/
Phunsay671/
Puntsah671/
Phaunsa671/
Pouncay671/
Punjaij671/
Punsaat671/
Puntsaa671/
Phungia671/
Paunjai671/
Punchau670/

Punza Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Punza in the Russian language
Пунзаpunza-

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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 Punza
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