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 found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ponniyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponniyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 8 people.
Ponniyan is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Ponniyan is primarily found in: Kerala, where 50 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs 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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