Ponnuthurai Surname

237,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Ponnuthurai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponnuthurai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0231:20,3412,776
Canada1741:211,75620,505
England1511:368,99426,171
France1201:553,52375,172
Switzerland661:124,43812,477
Australia311:870,82953,581
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Norway201:257,11427,149
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Ponnuthurai (1,032) may also be a first name.

Ponnuthurai Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ponnuthurai Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ponnuthurai occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponnuthurai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ponnuthurai is the 237,397th most numerous surname internationally, held by around 1 in 4,309,607 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 64 percent of Ponnuthurai live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ponnuthurai is also the 249,711th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 1,032 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Ponnuthurai Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ponnuthurai earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.91% less than the national average, earning 249,500 kr per year; in United States they earn 91.2% more than the national average, earning $82,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning $49,768 CAD 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
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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 Ponnuthurai
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