Puñoz Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Puñoz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puñoz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Puñoz Last Name Facts

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

Puñoz occurs in Chile more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puñoz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Puñoz occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Puñoz live; 90 percent live in South America and 90 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

It is most widely held in Chile, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,957,386. In Chile Puñoz is most frequent in: Atacama Region, where 78 percent live, Bío Bío Region, where 11 percent live and Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Chile this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puño891,120/
Pfuño80734/
Phuño80267/
Puñez80104/
Ppuño8020/
Puñiz804/
Buñoz804/
Piñoz803/
Peñoz801/
Puiño801/
Peuño801/
Pañoz801/
Peñoza7373/
Puonzo7347/
Pañoza7347/
Piñoza7312/
Peñozo736/
Puiñez731/
Piñozo731/
Puno6717,112/
Punz671,370/
Ponz671,271/
Puña67407/
Peñz674/

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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 Puñoz
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