Ponnaya Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Ponnaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Ponnaya (27) may also be a first name.
Ponnaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponnaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponnaya (Russian: Понная) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponnaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ponnaya is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Ponnaya are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 45 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 27 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia Ponnaya is most common in: Negeri Sembilan, where 60 percent live, Malacca, where 10 percent live and Penang, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponnaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponnaya in the Russian language | ||
| Понная | ponnaa | - |
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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 Ponnaya
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