Ponuk Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Ponuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponukh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ponuick | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pothnuk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ponok | 80 | 130 | / |
| Punuk | 80 | 44 | / |
| Panuk | 80 | 31 | / |
| Penuk | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pognutke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phonok | 73 | 330 | / |
| Paneuk | 73 | 55 | / |
| Poynok | 73 | 19 | / |
| Punguk | 73 | 17 | / |
| Panuke | 73 | 16 | / |
| Ponock | 73 | 11 | / |
| Poinok | 73 | 9 | / |
| Pannuk | 73 | 5 | / |
| Poonok | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pumnuk | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pohnok | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ponnok | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pamnuk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Panguk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puonok | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pasnuk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ponaug | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phonug | 73 | 1 | / |
| Panauk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponokh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Punnuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phunuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phoinok | 67 | 241 | / |
| Phonnok | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ponnock | 67 | 34 | / |
| Phoynok | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pohynok | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phoonok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poonnok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phunuck | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pongoug | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panhuik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panuske | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phunouk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panusck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pannuck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Panouck | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ponuk
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