Ponen Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Ponen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2081:260,47026,176
Mauritius1331:9,7252,104
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
France21:33,211,361423,184
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Ponen (1,128) may also be a first name.

Ponen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponen occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ponen is the 689,921st most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Ponen reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 48 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ponen is also the 237,206th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 1,128 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 260,470. In South Africa Ponen is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent reside, Gauteng, where 15 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 31 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.

Ponen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ponen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ponen surname increased 138 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ponen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ponen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 25.22% more than the national average, earning R 297,576 per year and in United States they earn 31.81% less than the national average, earning $29,425 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poinen91720/
Ponnen91403/
Poonen91339/
Poneng91147/
Ponaen919/
Ponien915/
Ponent915/
Phonen915/
Puonen911/
Poynen911/
Pounen911/
Pognen911/
Phonnen8360/
Poonnen8311/
Phonien831/
Ponin801,725/
Panen80835/
Penen80284/
Ponem8092/
Punen8037/
Ponyn808/
Paneng731,269/
Pannen73790/
Poning73622/
Punnen73367/
Phonin73339/
Poonem73324/
Paenen73239/
Ponina73202/
Poonin73191/
Panien73175/
Poinin73166/
Pomnin73123/
Peenen73110/
Phunen73101/
Pagnen7373/
Ponnem7364/
Pongin7362/
Ponyon7357/
Potnin7345/
Paanen7343/
Puynen7336/
Poinem7329/
Poynin7329/
Ponnin7316/
Ponyna7310/
Ponion737/
Phonem734/
Punaen734/
Paneen733/
Ponind733/
Posnin732/
Paunen732/
Potnyn732/
Posnem731/
Putnen731/
Pounem731/
Panuen731/
Panđen731/
Puinen731/
Phanen731/
Panenc731/
Paneun731/
Pohnin731/
Punien731/
Poïnin731/
Pounin731/
Ponnim731/
Phenen730/
Photnin671,195/
Phonyon671,046/
Phannen67397/
Phonnin67320/
Panneng67105/
Pongnin67101/
Punienė6760/
Poining6757/
Phunnen6756/
Poyning6738/
Poingin6723/
Puijnen6722/
Pauneng6719/
Pannent6719/
Ponning6719/
Pahnaen6717/
Poungin6717/
Phomnin676/
Phongin676/
Pahanen675/
Phonnim675/
Phanuen674/
Pannaen674/
Poonnim674/
Pfannen673/
Phounin673/
Ponnina673/
Paneeng673/
Pangeen672/
Punneng672/
Poonnin672/
Poomnin672/
Pponina671/
Pagneng671/
Pagnent671/
Pannnen671/
Puinene671/
Puttnen671/
Ponginn671/
Poonyna671/
Pounina671/
Phoonin671/
Phanaen671/
Puonnim671/
Pungeen671/
Pungnen671/
Pannuen671/
Hpaneng671/
Phanent670/

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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 Ponen
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