Pongal Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Pongal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Pongal (53) may also be a first name.
Pongal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongal (Hindi: पोंगल, Marathi: गल) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pongal.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Pongal reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 53 people.
The last name Pongal is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 30,682,615. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 28 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 24 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent live. Beside India this last name is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pongal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pongal in the Hindi language | ||
| पोंगल | pongala | 66.67 |
| पोंगला | pongala | 33.33 |
| Pongal in the Marathi language | ||
| गल | gala | 63.64 |
| गळ | gala | 36.36 |
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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 Pongal
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