Ponghan Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Ponghan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 281 | 1:251,382 | 42,688 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ponghan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponghan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponghan (Marathi: पोन्घन) occurs most in Thailand. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponghan? popularity and diffusion
Ponghan is the 914,967th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ponghan are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Tai-Asia.
The last name Ponghan is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 251,382. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Lampang Province, where 65 percent live, Chiang Rai Province, where 19 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 10 percent live. Not including Thailand this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 3 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponghan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponghan in the Marathi language | ||
| पोन्घन | ponghana | - |
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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 Ponghan
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