Ponuk Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ponuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponuk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Ponuk Last Name Facts

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

Ponuk is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ponuk.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponuk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Ponuk is mostly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Ponuk live; 82 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Ponuk is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Ponuk is primarily found in: Manus, where 74 percent are found, East New Britain, where 13 percent are found and Central, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ponukh911/
Ponuick836/
Pothnuk831/
Ponok80130/
Punuk8044/
Panuk8031/
Penuk805/
Pognutke771/
Phonok73330/
Paneuk7355/
Poynok7319/
Punguk7317/
Panuke7316/
Ponock7311/
Poinok739/
Pannuk735/
Poonok733/
Pumnuk733/
Pohnok733/
Ponnok733/
Pamnuk732/
Panguk732/
Puonok732/
Pasnuk732/
Ponaug731/
Phonug731/
Panauk731/
Ponokh731/
Punnuk731/
Phunuk731/
Phoinok67241/
Phonnok6737/
Ponnock6734/
Phoynok6711/
Pohynok675/
Phoonok672/
Poonnok672/
Phunuck672/
Pongoug671/
Panhuik671/
Panuske671/
Phunouk671/
Panusck670/
Pannuck670/
Panouck670/

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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 Ponuk
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