Ponnaiyan Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Ponnaiyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ponnaiyan (70) may also be a first name.
Ponnaiyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponnaiyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ponnaiyan is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponnaiyan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Ponnaiyan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Ponnaiyan reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,162,016th most widespread forename globally, borne by 70 people.
The last name Ponnaiyan is most frequent in India, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 20,185,931. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 79 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent live and Karnataka, where 3 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 19 percent live and Singapore, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponnayyan | 89 | 31 | / |
| Ponnian | 88 | 40 | / |
| Pongnian | 82 | 10 | / |
| Panaiyan | 82 | 8 | / |
| Phonnian | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ponian | 80 | 23 | / |
| Ponyan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ponoiyang | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pannayyan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ponijan | 75 | 692 | / |
| Pongnan | 75 | 163 | / |
| Poonian | 75 | 162 | / |
| Pongian | 75 | 40 | / |
| Pannian | 75 | 18 | / |
| Pannyan | 75 | 18 | / |
| Pounian | 75 | 10 | / |
| Phonian | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pomnian | 75 | 2 | / |
| Punnyan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Punnian | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ponyean | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pognian | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poonyan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponihan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponnjan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phonoiyang | 74 | 5 | / |
| Photnian | 71 | 120 | / |
| Phoniang | 71 | 95 | / |
| Phonyang | 71 | 95 | / |
| Ponyatin | 71 | 56 | / |
| Panagian | 71 | 34 | / |
| Ponyanne | 71 | 23 | / |
| Panajyan | 71 | 12 | / |
| Phongnan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Panayyan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Panajian | 71 | 5 | / |
| Phunnian | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pongnane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pongnant | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponijian | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phonyean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pounyang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panaiaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puniyaon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panngian | 71 | 1 | / |
| Photnoiyang | 70 | 4 | / |
| Panyan | 67 | 726 | / |
| Ponhan | 67 | 319 | / |
| Ponjan | 67 | 125 | / |
| Punian | 67 | 120 | / |
| Pañian | 67 | 81 | / |
| Pognan | 67 | 80 | / |
| Penian | 67 | 15 | / |
| Punyan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Posnoyean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponían | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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- 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 Ponnaiyan
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