Ponnen Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Ponnen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 334 | 1:162,209 | 18,194 |
| Mauritius | 50 | 1:25,868 | 5,280 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Ponnen (38) may also be a first name.
Ponnen Demographics
Average Ponnen Salary in
South Africa
R 404,160
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ponnen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponnen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponnen occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponnen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 722,496th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. Ponnen is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ponnen are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ponnen is also the 1,662,754th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 38 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 162,209. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 72 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and Limpopo, where 2 percent live. Beside South Africa Ponnen is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 12 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Ponnen Last Name Statistics demography
Ponnen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.07% more than the national average, earning R 404,160 per year.
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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 Ponnen
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