Puteh Surname
Approximately 7,965 people bear this surname
Puteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 4,878 | 1:27,111 | 3,213 |
| Malaysia | 1,447 | 1:20,383 | 1,910 |
| Thailand | 1,162 | 1:60,790 | 7,560 |
| Brunei | 393 | 1:1,065 | 215 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Puteh (6,986) may also be a first name.
Puteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puteh (Hindi: पुतेह) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puteh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 62,942nd most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 914,946 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Puteh are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 84 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Puteh is also the 77,655th most widely held first name on earth, held by 6,986 people.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 4,878 people, or 1 in 27,111. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Aceh, where 94 percent live, West Java, where 3 percent live and North Sumatra, where 2 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Puteh exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 18 percent live and Thailand, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puteh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puteh in the Hindi language | ||
| पुतेह | puteha | - |
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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 Puteh
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