Ponita Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Ponita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1661:796,68260,566
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ponita (890) may also be a first name.

Ponita Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ponita (Hindi: पोनिता, Marathi: पोनीटा, Oriya: େପାନିତା, Russian: Понита) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponita? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ponita is the 1,295,379th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Ponita are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ponita is also the 272,424th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 890 people.

This last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 796,682. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Java, where 40 percent reside, West Sumatra, where 30 percent reside and East Java, where 11 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ponita Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ponita in the Oriya language
େପାନିତାepanita-
Ponita in the Hindi language
पोनिताponita73.68
पोनीताponita21.05
पुनीताpunita5.26
Ponita in the Marathi language
पोनीटाponita50
पोनीताponita50
Ponita in the Russian language
Понитаponita-

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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 Ponita
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