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 is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ponsamy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponsamy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ponsamy is the 2,047,559th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Ponsamy occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ponsamy reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ponsamy is also the 506,891st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 302 people.

The surname Ponsamy is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 660,704. In South Africa Ponsamy is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 84 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

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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