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) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ponnapan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponnapan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly 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 commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 25 percent are found. Excluding India it exists 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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