Ponnapan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Ponnapan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ponnapan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponnapan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponnapan (Hindi: पोन्नापन, Marathi: पोापान) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ponnapan.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponnapan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Ponnapan reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Ponnapan is most common in India, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India Ponnapan is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 25 percent are found. Not including India this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponnappan | 94 | 1,363 | / |
| Ponapan | 93 | 2 | / |
| Pongnapang | 89 | 4 | / |
| Phonnaphan | 89 | 4 | / |
| Ponappan | 88 | 22 | / |
| Punnapan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Punnaphan | 82 | 96 | / |
| Punnappan | 82 | 4 | / |
| Punnapann | 82 | 1 | / |
| Panapan | 80 | 167 | / |
| Phongnaphang | 80 | 4 | / |
| Penapan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Photnaphan | 78 | 209 | / |
| Panaphan | 75 | 31 | / |
| Panapatn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Paunapan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pongapon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Panapane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Panapaan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pannapam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phanaphan | 71 | 86 | / |
| Pannaphon | 71 | 68 | / |
| Phonaphon | 71 | 50 | / |
| Pannapong | 71 | 8 | / |
| Punnapong | 71 | 5 | / |
| Panapatin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phatnaphan | 67 | 254 | / |
| Photnaphon | 67 | 192 | / |
| Phongaphon | 67 | 172 | / |
| Phunnaphon | 67 | 134 | / |
| Phutnaphan | 67 | 79 | / |
| Pannaphong | 67 | 44 | / |
| Punnaphong | 67 | 15 | / |
| Phonephanh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Panapatten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaenaphan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phannaphon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pannaaphon | 67 | 1 | / |
Ponnapan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponnapan in the Hindi language | ||
| पोन्नापन | ponnapana | 50 |
| पोन्नपन | ponnapana | 50 |
| Ponnapan in the Marathi language | ||
| पोापान | poapana | 50 |
| पोापण | poapana | 50 |
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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 Ponnapan
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