Ponaka Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Ponaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 506 | 1:1,515,939 | 56,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Ponaka (91) may also be a first name.
Ponaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponaka (Hindi: पोनका, Marathi: पोनका) occurs most in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 590,896th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,802,170 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Ponaka live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ponaka is also the 998,282nd most frequently used given name internationally It is held by 91 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 506 people, or 1 in 1,515,939. In India Ponaka is primarily found in: Telangana, where 50 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 47 percent reside and Karnataka, where 1 percent reside. Barring India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponaka in the Hindi language | ||
| पोनका | ponaka | - |
| Ponaka in the Marathi language | ||
| पोनका | ponaka | - |
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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 Ponaka
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