Pona Surname
Approximately 5,858 people bear this surname
Pona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 1,678 | 1:10,113 | 515 |
| Ukraine | 581 | 1:78,352 | 11,188 |
| Argentina | 452 | 1:94,565 | 7,974 |
| Indonesia | 433 | 1:305,425 | 27,056 |
| United States | 333 | 1:1,088,465 | 79,042 |
| Philippines | 285 | 1:355,222 | 47,564 |
| Burkina Faso | 260 | 1:70,585 | 2,670 |
| South Africa | 201 | 1:269,541 | 26,840 |
| Poland | 195 | 1:194,917 | 26,205 |
| Papua New Guinea | 186 | 1:43,837 | 5,367 |
| India | 180 | 1:4,261,474 | 113,127 |
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| France | 96 | 1:691,903 | 87,871 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| Russia | 75 | 1:1,921,641 | 121,498 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Italy | 52 | 1:1,176,090 | 74,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Cambodia | 30 | 1:516,238 | 4,247 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
The alternate forms: Poña (5) & Poná (1) are calculated separately.
Pona (2,699) may also be a first name.
Pona Demographics
Average Pona Salary in
United States
$48,660 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pona (Hindi: पोना, Marathi: पोना, Oriya: ପନା, Russian: Пона) is found in Mali more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Poña or Poná. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pona? popularity and diffusion
Pona is the 82,691st most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,244,033 people. The surname Pona is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Pona reside; 36 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Mande Africa. Pona is also the 140,986th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 2,699 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mali, where it is carried by 1,678 people, or 1 in 10,113. Barring Mali this surname exists in 57 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 10 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.
Pona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pona has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pona surname rose 1,665 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (47%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Pona surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
The amount Pona earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.64% less than the national average, earning R 209,988 per year; in United States they earn 12.77% more than the national average, earning $48,660 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3% more than the national average, earning $51,175 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pona in the Hindi language | ||
| पोना | pona | - |
| Pona in the Oriya language | ||
| ପନା | pana | - |
| Pona in the Marathi language | ||
| पोना | pona | 94.12 |
| पोन | pona | 5.88 |
| Pona in the Russian language | ||
| Пона | pona | - |
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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 Pona
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