Punda families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area. In places Kotlenice and Liska in Solin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Punda.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Punda live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Split (55), Djakovo (35), Kotlenice in Solin area (30), Solin (20), and in Zagreb (10).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Punda is present in 24 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.