Ponthen Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Ponthen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Ponthen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponthen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponthen (Marathi: पोन्थेन) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponthen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ponthen reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
Ponthen is most frequent in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 63 percent live, Maharashtra, where 13 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 13 percent live. Outside of India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 23 percent live and Singapore, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponthen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponthen in the Marathi language | ||
| पोन्थेन | ponthena | - |
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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 Ponthen
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