Ponniyan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ponniyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ponniyan (8) may also be a first name.
Ponniyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponniyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ponniyan is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Ponniyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponniyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Ponniyan reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 8 people.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Ponniyan is most frequent in: Kerala, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account India Ponniyan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent reside and Sweden, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poniyan | 93 | 7 | / |
| Ponnaian | 88 | 45 | / |
| Ponnayan | 88 | 20 | / |
| Panniyan | 88 | 12 | / |
| Pooniyan | 88 | 10 | / |
| Ponijan | 80 | 692 | / |
| Puniyan | 80 | 666 | / |
| Paniyan | 80 | 114 | / |
| Ponayan | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ponoyan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ponaian | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pauniyan | 75 | 146 | / |
| Pangiyan | 75 | 49 | / |
| Posnayan | 75 | 17 | / |
| Paniyang | 75 | 14 | / |
| Pongayan | 75 | 11 | / |
| Puniyann | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ponniyom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponijian | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pannayan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Punnayan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponnayam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Punniyam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phonniyom | 71 | 104 | / |
| Pahaniyan | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pongniyom | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pannayang | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phonohian | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patniyang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panngayan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phanniyon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poniyem | 67 | 809 | / |
| Panoyan | 67 | 537 | / |
| Ponyiam | 67 | 415 | / |
| Punayan | 67 | 221 | / |
| Panijan | 67 | 174 | / |
| Panayan | 67 | 144 | / |
| Pannain | 67 | 90 | / |
| Phannayang | 67 | 59 | / |
| Pomnean | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pongean | 67 | 14 | / |
| Paniyam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Puniyam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Penayan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poungniyom | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poniyom | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phongniyom | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pannaen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Puniyon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paneyan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ponoyanova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Panioan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penaian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panuyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poungnoion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Punoyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pannean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponejan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poongniyom | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ponniyan
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