Puno

loc · Latin script

Meaning: first-person singular present indicative of punir

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

Puno is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 186K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 7.6K
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 116K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈14,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
152 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PunoLatin(measured from records)
ปิโนThai(measured from records)

Locally spelled Puño in CL Chile, PH Philippines.

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(measured from records)

first-person singular present indicative of punir

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Puno 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 Puno is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈14,000 est.≈1 in 7.6K—Puño102
US United States4861 in 684K577Puno152
PE Peru≈170 est.≈1 in 186K—Puno22
CL Chile≈140 est.≈1 in 131K—Puño15
CO Colombia≈120 est.≈1 in 418K—Puno11
BO Bolivia≈100 est.≈1 in 116K—Puno9
FI Finland381 in 147K38—3

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Puno is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Puño

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines

    Also written Puño

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Puño

  • Bangla given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written পুনো, পনো, পুনঃ, পোন, Punah

43 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)

Puno is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Serbo-Croatian, much, a lot, lots (a large quantity or to a great extent)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, first-person singular present indicative of punar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In vep, spiral, helix

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, punishment

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Cebuano, full

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940195019601970Reynato Puno, b. 1940Dong Puno, b. 1946Ronaldo Puno, b. 1948Roberto Punò, b. 1962
  • Reynato Punob. 1940PHChief Justice of the Philippines from 2006 to 2010
  • Dong Punob. 1946PHPhilippine lawyer and broadcast journalist (1946–2022)
  • Ronaldo Punob. 1948PHPhilippine politician
  • Roberto Punòb. 1962PHPhilippine politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Puno
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020577#40,800
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010486#44,270
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000358#54,020
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—38#29,003
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Puno mean, and where does it come from?
first-person singular present indicative of punir Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Puno have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Puno in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled puño.
How common is the name Puno?
In the United States, the national register counted 486 people named Puno in 2010, about 1 in 684 thousand residents.

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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, “Puno”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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