Ponsamy Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

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

Ponsamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponsamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa821:660,70448,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ponsamy (302) may also be a first name.

Ponsamy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponsamy occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ponsamy.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponsamy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ponsamy is the 2,047,559th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ponsamy reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 506,891st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 302 people.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 660,704. In South Africa Ponsamy is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 84 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Northern Cape, where 1 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Ponsamy Last Name Statistics demography

Ponsamy earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.61% more than the national average, earning R 274,740 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 Ponsamy
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