Pomenya Surname

804,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Pomenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pomenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pomenya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pomenya is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pomenya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pomenya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 804,502nd most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. The last name Pomenya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Pomenya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Not including Ghana Pomenya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pomanya86328/
Pomenea8663/
Pominya861/
Pamenya861/
Poymegna804/
Pamanya7125/
Pamenia7118/
Pamenias671/
Pameña6211/
Pamanyo5721/
Pamanja5720/
Pamania577/
Paminia572/
Peminia571/
Pemonia571/
Pemania571/
Pameñia571/
Pomonio571/
Paamanja533/
Paminija533/

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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 Pomenya
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