Puui Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Puui Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puui Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Puui Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puui (Hindi: पुउई, Marathi: पुउई) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puui? popularity and diffusion

The surname Puui is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Puui occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Puui reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Bougainville, where 93 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puuji896/
Puhui894/
Puuhi892/
Puuia891/
Puuai891/
Puuoi891/
Pui864,054/
Puu86860/
Phuhui804/
Puujiy801/
Puujii801/
Puji7511,363/
Puia753,989/
Puis751,278/
Puie751,189/
Puio75359/
Phui75278/
Puit75191/
Pauu75134/
Puii7592/
Puiz7568/
Phuu7553/
Puih7546/
Puiy7523/
Puei7522/
Puyi7517/
Puij7517/
Peui7514/
Puuy752/
Pfui752/
Pfuu752/
Puuj752/
Ppui751/
Puiè751/
Bpui751/
Puuh751/
Puid751/
Vpuu751/
Hpuu751/
Pu671,352,034/
Pi67346,347/
Puyau67730/
Puust67240/
Pujiy67138/
Puggi67129/
Pujie67112/
Puiyo6789/
Puits6756/
Phuji6743/
Puich6743/
Puitz6733/
Peuhu6731/
Pouji6725/
Puhai6725/
Puhia6723/
Puias6723/
Puuja6721/
Pihui6718/
Puiot6718/
Puitt6715/
Pugie6714/
Pujiz6714/
Pauia6713/
Phuia6710/
Puith6710/
Phuyi6710/
Puuts679/
Puhoi679/
Puiop676/
Puiat675/
Pujio675/
Puhuj674/
Phuuz674/
Puije673/
Puyyi672/
Pouia672/
Puiha672/
Pujii672/
Puyio672/
Puyie671/
Puuej671/
Puujy671/
Puhiy671/
Puieh671/
Ppuji671/
Pauie671/
Pauuu671/
Peuii671/
Pauio671/
Peuhi671/
Puhii671/
Puies671/
Puiet671/
Puijt671/
Puist671/
Puiți671/
Puțoi671/
P'Pui671/
Puhei671/
Phuid671/
Phuip671/
Puoiy671/
Puiss670/
Phuie670/
Pfuis670/

Puui Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puui in the Hindi language
पुउईpu'u'i-
Puui in the Marathi language
पुउईpu'u'i-

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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 Puui
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