Ponyak Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Ponyak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Belarus | 26 | 1:365,425 | 38,396 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Ponyak (136) may also be a first name.
Ponyak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponyak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponyak (Russian: Поняк) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponyak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ponyak is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. Ponyak occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Ponyak reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ponyak is also the 794,286th most frequent first name in the world, held by 136 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 91 percent reside, Rivers, where 6 percent reside and Cross River, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 30 percent reside and Russia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posnyak | 92 | 7 | / |
| Phonyak | 92 | 2 | / |
| Potnyak | 92 | 1 | / |
| Panyak | 83 | 35 | / |
| Punyak | 83 | 13 | / |
| Poniak | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ponyok | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ponyakova | 80 | 112 | / |
| Posniak | 77 | 311 | / |
| Posnjak | 77 | 43 | / |
| Posnyák | 77 | 37 | / |
| Phonyok | 77 | 4 | / |
| Poniatk | 77 | 3 | / |
| Poyniak | 77 | 2 | / |
| Phoniak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pohniak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Potniak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phoneak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phanyak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phongnak | 71 | 1,241 | / |
| Posniack | 71 | 39 | / |
| Poungnak | 71 | 12 | / |
| Pattnyak | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pottniak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phongiak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phonjiak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pongnakh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puongnak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panyaake | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panyaiek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patnnyak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paniak | 67 | 374 | / |
| Puniak | 67 | 239 | / |
| Panjak | 67 | 113 | / |
| Paneak | 67 | 71 | / |
| Panyag | 67 | 47 | / |
| Punjak | 67 | 30 | / |
| Panyák | 67 | 23 | / |
| Panyok | 67 | 18 | / |
| Punyakova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Phoungnak | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pomjak | 67 | 4 | / |
| Patnaayak | 67 | 3 | / |
| Panhak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Panyakova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pognac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panyaková | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panyac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Punhak | 67 | 1 | / |
Ponyak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponyak in the Russian language | ||
| Поняк | ponak | - |
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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 Ponyak
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