Ponega Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Ponega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ponega (10) may also be a first name.
Ponega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponega is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ponega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Ponega are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pounega | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ponegai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ponnegah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ponegahe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ponege | 83 | 80 | / |
| Panega | 83 | 69 | / |
| Ponego | 83 | 56 | / |
| Penega | 83 | 53 | / |
| Ponaga | 83 | 7 | / |
| Punega | 83 | 2 | / |
| Poniga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Panegas | 77 | 391 | / |
| Ponagai | 77 | 33 | / |
| Pounegi | 77 | 26 | / |
| Panegai | 77 | 19 | / |
| Panegaz | 77 | 17 | / |
| Ponnaga | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pannega | 77 | 7 | / |
| Poniego | 77 | 3 | / |
| Paniega | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pagnega | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poneges | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ponagha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penegai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penegay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peniega | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phoniga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peunegha | 71 | 8 | / |
| Paneghat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Panegazz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pognegou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peunegah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panaga | 67 | 2,134 | / |
| Paniga | 67 | 553 | / |
| Panoga | 67 | 338 | / |
| Pañega | 67 | 226 | / |
| Penaga | 67 | 96 | / |
| Panegi | 67 | 60 | / |
| Puniga | 67 | 55 | / |
| Poinegger | 67 | 7 | / |
| Peniga | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ponigo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ponigi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phonnigay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponago | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penoga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peñaga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poneangge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panege | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ponega
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