Ponekar Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Ponekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
Ponekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponekar (Marathi: पोणेकर) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponekar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ponekar reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Ponekar is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India it is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 64 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 36 percent are found. Besides India this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 31 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponekar in the Marathi language | ||
| पोणेकर | ponekara | 60 |
| पोनेकर | ponekara | 40 |
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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 Ponekar
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