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
The last name Ponniyan is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponniyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ponniyan is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Ponniyan are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 4,213,784th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 8 people.
Ponniyan is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India it is most common in: Kerala, where 50 percent are found. Excluding India it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and Sweden, where 25 percent are found.
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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