Ponizy Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ponizy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponizy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
France231:2,887,944200,772
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Poniży (213) are calculated separately.

Ponizy Last Name Facts

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

Ponizy is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur as a variant: Poniży. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponizy? popularity and diffusion

Ponizy is the 2,152,526th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ponizy reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 1,963,548. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live and Hesse, where 17 percent live. Beside Germany Ponizy is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 30 percent live and Poland, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poniży94213/
Phonizy920/
Ponisy831/
Phenizy7722/
Ponisyo776/
Phonisay7116/
Phonissy710/
Paniza674,821/
Panizi671,524/
Ponici67228/
Ponyce6787/
Ponisi6766/
Ponise6747/
Pohnitzer6729/
Poniża6727/
Ponesi6721/
Ponisa6713/
Ponezi678/
Ponyza677/
Ponica676/
Penizi675/
Ponigi674/
Poneze674/
Poneza671/
Panize671/
Ponice671/

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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 Ponizy
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