Ponang Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Ponang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ponang (188) may also be a first name.
Ponang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponang is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ponang.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponang? popularity and diffusion
Ponang is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Ponang reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 59 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 188 people.
The surname Ponang is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: East Region, where 80 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 18 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Ponang
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