Poniman Surname

137,520th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Poniman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poniman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3,1661:41,7724,794
New Caledonia571:4,846930
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Poniman (36,106) may also be a first name.

Poniman Last Name Facts

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

Poniman occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poniman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 137,520th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,236,816 people. The surname Poniman occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Poniman reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Poniman is also the 24,144th most frequent given name globally, held by 36,106 people.

It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3,166 people, or 1 in 41,772. In Indonesia Poniman is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 31 percent live, East Java, where 23 percent live and Central Java, where 16 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ponieman9386/
Pohniman9319/
Pongiman9312/
Poeniman937/
Ponniman931/
Pouniman931/
Phoniman931/
Paniman8628/
Poneman8625/
Puniman8618/
Ponyman8610/
Ponimon861/
Peniman860/
Ponemane805/
Pangiman804/
Ponemann801/
Poenneman750/
Ponemon7143/
Panuman7130/
Penuman715/
Panimam714/
Panyman712/
Ponheamhan711/
Paneman711/
Penyman710/
Peneman710/
Panneman67446/
Peeneman6746/
Pannuman6734/
Pangeman6731/
Ponemone6721/
Panayman671/
Pannemann63144/
Phatnimon634/
Pahanuman631/
Pfaunemann590/
Panimoim531/

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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 Poniman
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