Ponkam Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ponkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponkam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4571:1,678,48060,989
Cameroon361:576,91944,454
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Ponkam (67) may also be a first name.

Ponkam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponkam is most common in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ponkam.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponkam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 605,571st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. Ponkam occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Ponkam reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Ponkam is also the 1,191,548th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 67 people.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 457 people, or 1 in 1,678,480. In India Ponkam is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 96 percent are found, Telangana, where 4 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent are found. Excluding India it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Ponkam
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