Punjabi is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Punjabi
No. of characters: 7
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Punjabi

How popular is Punjabi?

Punjabi is common in India.

Punjabi is ranked 25581 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Punjabis grew by 58.06452 per cent to 392 since 2000 and ranked 52851 after elevating 20054 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 89.03 89.11
White 5.87 3.23
Others 4.08 5.65
Punjabi is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 19993 people have been found who wears Punjabi as their family name. Punjabi is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
4,921 Uganda5
9,759 Japan5
443 Congo5
381,097 Ukraine4
27,602 Nigeria4
119,730 Brazil3
19,452 Malaysia3
941 Liberia3
20,541 Peru3
219,873 France2
34,681 Norway2
35,969 Denmark2
50,640 Switzerland2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
12,161 Wales2
5,859 Mauritius2
82,478 South Africa2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
10,284 Kuwait2
6,900 Oman2
4,231 Jamaica2
20,186 Kenya2
40,256 Mexico2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
613 Central African Republic1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
38,830 Morocco1
4,171 Rwanda1
13,606 Senegal1
6,033 Benin1
91,024 Belgium1
165,773 Belarus1
6,820 Angola1
153,416 Italy1
9,498 Iceland1
36,814 Romania1
1,254 Gibraltar1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
15,705 Cameroon1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
692 Guinea1
20,172 Hungary1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
746 Dominica1
77,122 Sweden1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,211 Brunei1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
11,040 Scotland39
16,226 New Zealand33
214,459 Indonesia30
337 Andorra29
21,901 Chile27
3,873 Thailand24
2,705 China16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,414 Australia85
37,909 Canada85
36,559 Spain62
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Punjabi:
45,711 United States593
5,019 Ghana559
30,822 Philippines387
911 Hong Kong285
19,128 England280
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
403 Belize168
71,225 Germany134
2,709 Singapore130
2,754 Panama114
1,401 Bahrain110
Countries with thousands of Punjabi:
2,710 Pakistan3,017
841 United Arab Emirates1,215
Countries with ten thousands of Punjabi:
4,324 India12,178
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Punjabi Namesakes

  • Kamya Punjabi, Television actress
  • Riyaz Punjabi, Professor
  • Amrit Punjabi, Film producer
  • Anjali Punjabi, Casting Director
  • Kamya Punjabi, Television actress
  • Manoj Punjabi, Film producer
  • Pananmal Punjabi, Cricket Player
  • Kamya Punjabi, Television actress
  • Kushaal Punjabi, Film actor
  • Kushaal Punjabi, Film actor

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