Ponambalam Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ponambalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ponambalam (16) may also be a first name.
Ponambalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponambalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponambalam occurs most in Malaysia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponambalam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ponambalam is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Ponambalam live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 16 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia Ponambalam is mostly concentrated in: Perak, where 58 percent are found, Malacca, where 26 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent are found. Besides Malaysia it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponnambalam | 95 | 1,962 | / |
| Poonambalam | 95 | 2 | / |
| Punambalam | 90 | 6 | / |
| Ponambalan | 90 | 4 | / |
| Poinambalom | 86 | 65 | / |
| Ponnambalan | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ponnanbalam | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pannambalam | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ponnembalam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Panambalom | 80 | 41 | / |
| Punambolam | 80 | 7 | / |
| Panambalan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ponambalon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poinambalon | 76 | 1 | / |
| Panambolan | 70 | 219 | / |
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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 Ponambalam
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