Ponah Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Ponah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ponah (958) may also be a first name.
Ponah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponah is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Ponah are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 260,722nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 958 people.
The last name Ponah is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 6,011,327. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Sulawesi, where 32 percent reside, South Sumatra, where 27 percent reside and West Java, where 23 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 14 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Ponah
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