Punčec Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Punčec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punčec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3401:12,4372,368
Slovenia421:59,2309,095
Serbia101:714,49524,752
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Puncec (13) are calculated separately.

Punčec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Punčec occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Puncec. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punčec? popularity and diffusion

Punčec is the 734,496th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. Punčec occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Punčec are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Punčec is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 12,437. In Croatia it is most numerous in: Varaždin County, where 39 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 17 percent live and Osijek-Baranja County, where 9 percent live. Barring Croatia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 11 percent live and Serbia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puncec9413/
Pundseck711/
Punčić6716/
Punzek671/
Punchik6247/
Ponceac6213/
Punchyk626/
Ponczeck5736/
Phuntseg571/
Punchets571/
Phunchek571/
Pundschek531/
Poncik50294/
Pončík50210/
Poncek5042/
Pončić5034/
Ponciş5032/
Pončič5026/
Poncic504/
Poncić502/
Pontscheck501/
Ponceq501/

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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 Punčec
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