Poana Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Poana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 54 | 1:339,854 | 5,698 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Poana (38) may also be a first name.
Poana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poana has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Poana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,106,139th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Poana are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Poana is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 38 people.
Poana is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 339,854. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Centre-Sud Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Burkina Faso Poana exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poeana | 91 | 192 | / |
| Pooana | 91 | 43 | / |
| Pohana | 91 | 8 | / |
| Poanah | 91 | 7 | / |
| Poieana | 83 | 44 | / |
| Phooana | 83 | 19 | / |
| Pojjana | 83 | 9 | / |
| Poeeana | 83 | 7 | / |
| Pouanga | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pogiana | 83 | 3 | / |
| Poheana | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pouanha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poainat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poaunai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pohanna | 83 | 0 | / |
| Poane | 80 | 290 | / |
| Paona | 80 | 147 | / |
| Poani | 80 | 51 | / |
| Poany | 80 | 17 | / |
| Pohanadh | 77 | 8 | / |
| Phouanna | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pohangna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pohane | 73 | 3,085 | / |
| Pohani | 73 | 387 | / |
| Paonad | 73 | 176 | / |
| Puoane | 73 | 172 | / |
| Poonah | 73 | 90 | / |
| Pahona | 73 | 36 | / |
| Paonah | 73 | 29 | / |
| Pohano | 73 | 25 | / |
| Puiana | 73 | 10 | / |
| Poaini | 73 | 8 | / |
| Paonay | 73 | 8 | / |
| Paonna | 73 | 7 | / |
| Poyona | 73 | 7 | / |
| Poeană | 73 | 7 | / |
| Poangi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Paonat | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pooane | 73 | 4 | / |
| Paeana | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pouane | 73 | 2 | / |
| Phoane | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pouanh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pohany | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pauana | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paeona | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pojona | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paonai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poasni | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poiona | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poagne | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pohanes | 67 | 251 | / |
| Pouagni | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pouango | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pohaney | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pohanis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paehana | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pouagne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paounah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouanyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouanou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouanie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poohani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pohajny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuoane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pogiane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahoona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puoanui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pohaniy | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Poana
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