Ponaya Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Ponaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 50 | 1:2,024,764 | 119,725 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Ponaya (34) may also be a first name.
Ponaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponaya (Marathi: पोनया, Oriya: େପାନାୟା) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ponaya is the 2,483,783rd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ponaya are found; 88 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 83 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 34 people.
The surname Ponaya is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 2,024,764. In The Philippines it is most common in: Calabarzon, where 72 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 10 percent reside and Western Visayas, where 10 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାନାୟା | epanaya | - |
| Ponaya in the Marathi language | ||
| पोनया | ponaya | 45.45 |
| पोनाया | ponaya | 36.36 |
| पोणया | ponaya | 18.18 |
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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 Ponaya
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