Ponau Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Ponau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Ponau (18) may also be a first name.
Ponau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ponau has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponau? popularity and diffusion
Ponau is the 1,504,764th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname Ponau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Ponau reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Ponau is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 18 people.
The last name Ponau is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 59,516. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Manus, where 71 percent live, New Ireland, where 12 percent live and Hela, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Guinea, where 1 percent live and Hong Kong, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ponau
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