Ponono Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ponono Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponono Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2021:268,20626,747
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ponono (376) may also be a first name.

Ponono Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponono is found most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ponono click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponono? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ponono is the 1,144,405th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ponono are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 447,400th most frequent first name in the world, held by 376 people.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 268,206. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Ponono Last Name Statistics demography

Ponono earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.85% less than the national average, earning R 109,680 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ponono
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