Ponyani Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Ponyani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
Ponyani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponyani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponyani occurs most in Malawi. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponyani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ponyani is the 1,136,896th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Ponyani is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ponyani live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Ponyani is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Beside Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponyangi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Panyani | 86 | 783 | / |
| Punyani | 86 | 712 | / |
| Penyani | 86 | 378 | / |
| Ponyane | 86 | 134 | / |
| Pognani | 86 | 121 | / |
| Ponjani | 86 | 85 | / |
| Ponyana | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ponhani | 86 | 1 | / |
| Poonyane | 80 | 997 | / |
| Panyamni | 80 | 169 | / |
| Panyanai | 80 | 70 | / |
| Poonjani | 80 | 68 | / |
| Panyanoi | 80 | 45 | / |
| Poonyana | 80 | 37 | / |
| Phanyani | 80 | 29 | / |
| Phonyane | 80 | 26 | / |
| Ponyanne | 80 | 23 | / |
| Pounjani | 80 | 20 | / |
| Phonyana | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ponijani | 80 | 9 | / |
| Pounyane | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ponjhani | 80 | 5 | / |
| Punyanit | 80 | 4 | / |
| Penyanyi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Phenyani | 80 | 3 | / |
| Punyanai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Panyanid | 80 | 1 | / |
| Punyanni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Punyanoi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Panyanio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phognani | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penyanni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Panyanyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Panjyani | 80 | 1 | / |
| Panyatnit | 75 | 60 | / |
| Phanyanai | 75 | 5 | / |
| Punjani | 71 | 3,209 | / |
| Pagnani | 71 | 2,049 | / |
| Panyana | 71 | 1,934 | / |
| Panyane | 71 | 641 | / |
| Panjani | 71 | 429 | / |
| Puniani | 71 | 299 | / |
| Punhani | 71 | 277 | / |
| Panhani | 71 | 25 | / |
| Punyana | 71 | 22 | / |
| Penjani | 71 | 5 | / |
| Panyangnoi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Punyane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Punyangnoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponjane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponjana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pugnani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pünhani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pognane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patnayyani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponhane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phanyane | 67 | 707 | / |
| Phanyangnoi | 67 | 417 | / |
| Phanyana | 67 | 87 | / |
| Punihani | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pfunhani | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pannyana | 67 | 9 | / |
| Patniani | 67 | 9 | / |
| Panyanee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Punjanii | 67 | 4 | / |
| Punjjani | 67 | 4 | / |
| Panjaani | 67 | 4 | / |
| Panjhani | 67 | 3 | / |
| Punjiani | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phunyana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pongnane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Panyonyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponyonne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paunjani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phunyane | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ponyani
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