Poniyah Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Poniyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poniyah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2861:462,41038,282
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Poniyah (14,028) may also be a first name.

Poniyah Last Name Facts

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

Poniyah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poniyah? popularity and diffusion

Poniyah is the 919,444th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Poniyah live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 48,553rd most frequent first name globally, borne by 14,028 people.

The last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 462,410. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Java, where 47 percent are found, East Java, where 28 percent are found and Lampung, where 12 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ponniyah933/
Poniya92161/
Phosniyah8811/
Pooniya86398/
Ponijah86261/
Paniyah8624/
Ponniya8615/
Pouniya869/
Ponayah869/
Poniyat868/
Ponaiah864/
Phoniya863/
Poiniya861/
Ponnaiah80342/
Ponnayah8011/
Poonayah804/
Ponneiah803/
Phaniyah801/
Ponnieah801/
Ponnijah801/
Ponnoiah801/
Paniya77924/
Ponaya7760/
Poniyo7743/
Ponija7715/
Peniya776/
Poniyi775/
Ponaia774/
Poneya772/
Ponoia771/
Bponnaiah751/
Pauniya71264/
Panhiya7172/
Poonaya7171/
Posnaya7130/
Patniya7129/
Pongoya7123/
Ponnaya7122/
Posnaia7122/
Ponaich7121/
Ponnaih7112/
Panaiah7111/
Pooniyo7111/
Panijah716/
Penayah715/
Paniyeh714/
Panniya713/
Paniyas712/
Ponahue712/
Ponnija711/
Pongaiy711/
Panieya711/
Ponnaia711/
Ponioha711/
Ponihia711/
Pongiye711/
Paniyaz711/
Paniyat711/
Paniyad711/
Pongaya711/
Penaiah711/
Ponneah711/
Ponea67850/
Ponay67447/
Ponie67278/
Poney67204/
Ponoi67141/
Ponau67139/
Poynauth67121/
Ponoy6787/
Ponye6768/
Ponui6752/
Ponai6745/
Pahaniya6736/
Pooneiad6713/
Ponae6712/
Paniyapp6710/
Ponuy6710/
Ponaa678/
Ponei674/
Phoonaya673/
Poonaiad672/
Ponnaihe672/
Ponajaya671/
Panayath671/
Ponnaijh671/
Ponnaiyo671/
Ponneath671/
Pathniya671/
Paneeyah671/
Patniyas671/
Pannayah671/
Panniyat671/
Phomnuiy671/

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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 Poniyah
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