Pondai Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Pondai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 227 | 1:68,010 | 10,190 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Pondai (606) may also be a first name.
Pondai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pondai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pondai is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pondai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,052,587th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Pondai reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pondai is also the 339,515th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 606 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 68,010. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 48 percent reside, Harare Province, where 26 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 10 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Pondai
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