Puig is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Puig
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Spain
Meaning: The most frequent, with his cousin Pujol, place names used to designate persons Roussillon. The name refers of course the one who lived on a hill (from the Latin podium).

How popular is Puig?

Puig is common in Spain.

Puig is ranked 9318 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Puigs grew by 14.12253 per cent to 2198 since 2000 and ranked 13764 after elevating 509 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 78.53 71.24
White 19.88 25.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.05 0.93
Black 0.45 0.99
Puig is quite popular family name mostly used in Spain while Andorra is ahead in terms of density. Around 57880 people have been found who wears Puig as their family name. Puig is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
8,438 China5
2,915 Paraguay3
127,708 Czech Republic3
19,452 Malaysia3
12,161 Wales2
4,367 Afghanistan2
4,104 South Korea2
21,529 Singapore2
4,086 Angola2
23,344 Austria2
1,169 New Caledonia2
35,969 Denmark2
2,794 El Salvador2
6,266 Luxembourg2
14,618 Guyana1
25,746 Finland1
801 Cape Verde1
897,276 Russia1
107,212 South Africa1
10,190 Bahrain1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
42,479 Greece1
5,467 Haiti1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
11,923 Slovenia1
586 San Marino1
5,916 Mozambique1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,040 Mali1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
49,529 Israel1
9,498 Iceland1
20,172 Hungary1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
971 Seychelles1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,867 Canada50
4,813 Hong Kong47
95,259 Italy45
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
8,504 Ireland33
12,692 Scotland33
52,947 Netherlands31
32,811 Sweden29
3,733 Nicaragua13
4,648 Costa Rica11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,298 Belgium89
30,024 Australia76
12,039 Colombia70
6,628 Portugal65
4,057 Panama65
Countries with hundreds of Puig:
378 Puerto Rico910
1,005 Dominican Republic901
1,559 Chile827
2,285 Ecuador645
18,206 Germany572
17,149 England323
3,434 Bolivia195
9,668 Peru185
39 Andorra129
10,773 Switzerland108
Countries with thousands of Puig:
228 Cuba6,629
1,807 Mexico5,470
913 Argentina4,897
1,968 France3,600
13,020 United States2,666
9,586 Philippines1,547
234 Uruguay1,467
10,259 Brazil1,336
1,960 Venezuela1,229
Countries with ten thousands of Puig:
220 Spain23,488
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Comments

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Wes Mukai
Puig is a Roussillonnais name, regional form of puy, that is to say height and means the house situated on a hill domain name.

Puig Namesakes

  • Juan Falconí Puig, Politician
  • Lídia Puigvert, Author
  • Arturo Puig, Theatre actor
  • Jack Joseph Puig, Music Producer
  • Anicet de Pagès i de Puig, Author
  • Antoni Puigverd, Writer
  • Arturo Puig, Theatre actor
  • Jack Joseph Puig, Music Producer
  • Jack Joseph Puig, Music Producer
  • Pilar Azemar i Puig de la Bellacasa, Josep Azemar i Pont's daughter

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