Poneng Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Poneng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 118 | 1:69,099 | 9,015 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
Poneng (164) may also be a first name.
Poneng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poneng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poneng occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poneng? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poneng is the 1,453,389th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Poneng are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 715,247th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 164 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 69,099. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 58 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 18 percent reside and West Sepik, where 16 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 16 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Poneng
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