Family name Puuta (Puuta 
, Пуд 
) , in all the world, is a rare last name. The cognomen Puuta is characteristic of Ukraine, where it is a rare surname, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Puuta is the forename as well as the last name.