Pongam Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Pongam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 593 | 1:119,120 | 17,790 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Pongam (84) may also be a first name.
Pongam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pongam is most common in Thailand. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pongam is the 535,476th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 12,105,558 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pongam reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Pongam is also the 1,046,220th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 84 people.
This surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 593 people, or 1 in 119,120. In Thailand Pongam is mostly found in: Sisaket Province, where 27 percent reside, Sakon Nakhon Province, where 21 percent reside and Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Thailand this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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 Pongam
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