Punchiheva

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Punchiheva is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 3.3Kas Punchihewa(inferred from the name graph)
  • DKDenmark1 in 838Kas Punchihewa
  • CACanada≈1 in 3.4Mas Punchihewa

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Punchiheva itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,000 named Punchihewa, est.

Sources
39 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Sri Lanka, est., as Punchihewa

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PunchihewaLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Punchihewa in LK Sri Lanka, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

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

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Punchiheva 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 Punchiheva is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LK Sri Lanka#411≈7,000 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Punchihewa39
US United States—≈22 est.≈1 in 15MlistedPunchihewa32
IT Italy—≈15 est.≈1 in 4.1M—Punchihewa2
GB United Kingdom—≈14 est.≈1 in 4.6M26Punchihewa19
CA Canada—≈11 est.≈1 in 3.4M—Punchihewa10
DK Denmark—7as Punchihewa1 in 838K7——

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.

Registers cited: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Punchiheva 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 Punchiheva have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.0 thousand people named Punchihewa in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Punchiheva?
In Denmark, the national register counted 7 people named Punchihewa, about 1 in 838 thousand residents.
How common is Punchiheva compared with other names?
In Sri Lanka, Punchiheva is the 411th most common surname of 20,196 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Punchiheva” — the 411th most common surname in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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