Puva Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Puva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 141 | 1:5,440,180 | 132,298 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Puva (885) may also be a first name.
Puva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puva (Hindi: पूव, Marathi: पुवा, Russian: Пува) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,310,135th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Puva are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 82 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Puva is also the 273,274th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 885 people.
The surname Puva is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 5,440,180. In India Puva is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 46 percent reside, Gujarat, where 44 percent reside and Haryana, where 4 percent reside. Barring India it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puva in the Marathi language | ||
| पुवा | puva | 87.5 |
| पूवा | puva | 11.72 |
| पूव | puva | 0.78 |
| Puva in the Hindi language | ||
| पूव | puva | 60 |
| पूवा | puva | 20 |
| पुवा | puva | 20 |
| Puva in the Russian language | ||
| Пува | puva | - |
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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 Puva
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