Ponggan Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Ponggan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 262 | 1:386,405 | 50,155 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Ponggan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponggan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponggan occurs most in The Philippines. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponggan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 973,426th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ponggan live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 262 people, or 1 in 386,405. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 64 percent live, Calabarzon, where 10 percent live and Western Visayas, where 9 percent live. Outside of The Philippines it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ponggan
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