Pofani Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pofani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pofani Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Pofani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pofani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pofani (Marathi: पोफानी) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pofani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Pofani reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Pofani is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Beside India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phofani921/
Pofatnyi8614/
Pofane83278/
Pofana83230/
Pafani831/
Phofane77149/
Phofana772/
Phafani771/
Phofoni771/
Phatfani711/
Phofaana711/
Pafanich711/
Phophanit674/
Pafana672/
Pophanich671/
Photphani671/
Pafane671/
Pofone671/
Phophanii671/
Phophanid671/
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Pofani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pofani in the Marathi language
पोफानीpophani-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pofani
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