Ponganan Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Thailand

Ponganan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponganan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1191:1,111,33879,949
Thailand1191:593,600101,063
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ponganan (95) may also be a first name.

Ponganan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ponganan is found most in Indonesia. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponganan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,048,281st most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ponganan are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 974,243rd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 95 people.

This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 1,111,338. In Indonesia Ponganan is mostly found in: South Sulawesi, where 62 percent reside, Maluku, where 22 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 7 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 50 percent reside and The United States, 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 Ponganan
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