Puat

surname · Latin script

Puat is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.

  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 200Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 2.8Mfew records

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈170 people, est.

Record sources
32 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: reference-verified

≈1 in 204K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Puat counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Puat is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia≈170 est.≈1 in 204KPuat24
ID Indonesia≈100 est.≈1 in 2.8MPuat32

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Puat is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Thailand, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Hindi, Thai, Urdu

    Also written Pawas, ภาวาส, Phawas, ปวัส, ปวส

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Puat is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In bnt-pro, eat greedily

    as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

  • In nrm, navel

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In bnt-pro, manger gloutonnement

    as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Puat under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Puat have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 174 people named Puat in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled puat.
How common is the name Puat?
Mondonomo estimates about 170 people in Malaysia have Puat as their first surname, about 1 in 204 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Puat”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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