Ponege Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ponege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea791:103,21213,927
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ponege (73) may also be a first name.

Ponege Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ponege Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ponege occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponege? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ponege is the 2,106,139th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Ponege occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Ponege live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Ponege is also the 1,134,117th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 73 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 103,212. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 48 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 32 percent live and Enga, where 19 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poneges921/
Ponega8311/
Ponage8311/
Penege835/
Ponese835/
Poneze834/
Panege831/
Poinegger807/
Poneangge801/
Poniger7755/
Pounegi7726/
Puynege7717/
Pongezi7710/
Poneseh776/
Phonage774/
Pounega771/
Paneges771/
Phenege771/
Ponegai771/
Puynesge714/
Puinesge711/
Panese67646/
Panage67205/
Ponagi67128/
Ponyce6787/
Panega6769/
Panegi6760/
Panjge6754/
Ponise6747/
Ponesi6721/
Ponezi678/
Panige678/
Penage675/
Ponigi674/
Punega672/
Paneze672/
Punige671/
Poniga671/
Poneza671/
Ponice671/
Penegi671/
Penige671/
Pottniger670/

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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 Ponege
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