Ponikar Surname
Approximately 540 people bear this surname
Ponikar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 510 | 1:1,504,050 | 56,543 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
Ponikar (33) may also be a first name.
Ponikar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponikar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponikar (Hindi: पोनीकर, Marathi: पोिनकर, Russian: Поникар) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponikar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ponikar is the 581,222nd most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ponikar reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name internationally, held by 33 people.
The last name Ponikar is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 510 people, or 1 in 1,504,050. In India Ponikar is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent live, Gujarat, where 43 percent live and Assam, where 5 percent live. Beside India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponikar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponikar in the Hindi language | ||
| पोनीकर | ponikara | - |
| Ponikar in the Marathi language | ||
| पोिनकर | poinakara | 45.11 |
| पोनीकर | ponikara | 39.13 |
| पेोनीकर | peonikara | 7.07 |
| पॉनीकर | ponikara | 1.63 |
| पौनीकर | paunikara | 1.63 |
| पोिणकर | poinakara | 1.09 |
| पोणीकर | ponikara | 1.09 |
| पॉिनकर | poinakara | 0.54 |
| पोिनकार | poinakara | 0.54 |
| Ponikar in the Russian language | ||
| Поникар | ponikar | - |
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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 Ponikar
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