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 occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponniyan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Ponniyan is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Ponniyan live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 8 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Ponniyan is mostly found in: Kerala, where 50 percent reside. Aside from 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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