Poniznik Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Poniznik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poniznik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus671:141,80719,862
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
England61:9,286,343223,652

The alternate forms: Poniżnik (29) & Poniźnik (13) are calculated separately.

Poniznik Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poniznik (Russian: Понизник) is more frequently found in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Poniżnik or Poniźnik. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poniznik? popularity and diffusion

The surname Poniznik is the 1,955,159th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. Poniznik occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Poniznik live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Belarus, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 141,807. In Belarus it is most numerous in: Vitebsk Region, where 96 percent live and Minsk, where 4 percent live. Apart from Belarus this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 11 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.

Poniznik Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Poniznik last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poniżnik9629/
Poniźnik9613/
Ponicznik941/
Ponizniks941/
Paniznik88109/
Poniznikova848/
Panizhnik8225/
Panizniks821/
Paniżnik7514/
Paniźnik752/
Paniznikova741/
Panisnick7110/

Poniznik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poniznik in the Russian language
Понизникponiznik-

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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 Poniznik
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