Ponje Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Ponje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Philippines | 103 | 1:982,895 | 85,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Ponjé (8) are calculated separately.
Ponje (94) may also be a first name.
Ponje Demographics
Average Ponje Salary in
United States
$30,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ponje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponje is most common in Malawi. It can also be rendered as: Ponjé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ponje is the 876,631st most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname Ponje is predominantly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Ponje reside; 34 percent reside in Southern Africa and 34 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 980,251st most widely held forename on earth, held by 94 people.
The surname Ponje is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Other than Malawi Ponje is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 33 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found.
Ponje Last Name Statistics demography
Ponje earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $30,708 USD per year.
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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 Ponje
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