Ponkay Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ponkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ponkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponkay is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponkay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ponkay is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ponkay reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 293,902. In Liberia Ponkay is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 67 percent are found and Lofa County, where 33 percent are found. Not including Liberia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 6 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
- 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 Ponkay
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