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

Ponen is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ponen.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 689,921st most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. It occurs predominantly 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 widespread given name globally It is held by 1,128 people.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 260,470. In South Africa Ponen is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent live. Outside of South Africa Ponen is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.

Ponen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ponen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ponen surname grew 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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