Pondei Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Pondei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 248 | 1:714,285 | 32,812 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Pondei (55) may also be a first name.
Pondei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pondei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pondei (Oriya: େପାେ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pondei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pondei is the 1,003,904th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pondei live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 55 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 714,285. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 85 percent live, Rivers, where 8 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pondei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pondei in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାେ | epae | - |
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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 Pondei
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