Ponpai Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Ponpai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 422 | 1:167,389 | 26,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ponpai (12) may also be a first name.
Ponpai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponpai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ponpai occurs in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ponpai.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponpai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 674,066th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Ponpai live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 167,389. In Thailand Ponpai is most common in: Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 17 percent live, Nakhon Nayok Province, where 14 percent live and Bangkok, where 10 percent live. Other than Thailand this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ponpai
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