Ponnan Surname
Approximately 1,583 people bear this surname
Ponnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 477 | 1:1,608,104 | 59,150 |
| Malaysia | 290 | 1:101,704 | 6,962 |
| South Africa | 254 | 1:213,298 | 22,519 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Mauritius | 77 | 1:16,798 | 3,561 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Oman | 47 | 1:78,467 | 2,961 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Ponnan (2,436) may also be a first name.
Ponnan Demographics
Ponnan Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ponnan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponnan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponnan (Hindi: पोन्नान, Marathi: पोान, Oriya: ପୁନାନ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponnan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ponnan is the 250,527th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,603,630 people. Ponnan occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Ponnan reside; 30 percent reside in South Asia and 30 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 150,006th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 2,436 people.
The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 1,608,104. In India it is most prevalent in: Kerala, where 52 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 13 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent live. Beside India Ponnan exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 16 percent live.
Ponnan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ponnan last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
The amount Ponnan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.49% more than the national average, earning R 417,036 per year and in Canada they earn 3.27% more than the national average, earning $51,306 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponnan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponnan in the Hindi language | ||
| पोन्नान | ponnana | - |
| Ponnan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁନାନ | punana | - |
| Ponnan in the Marathi language | ||
| पोान | poana | 61.54 |
| पोननं | ponanam | 30.77 |
| णन | nana | 7.69 |
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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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- 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 Ponnan
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