Pooana Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Pooana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 42 | 1:48,394 | 7,686 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pooana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pooana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pooana occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pooana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,979,664th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Pooana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pooana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 48,394. In Lesotho Pooana is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 55 percent live, Leribe District, where 26 percent live and Maseru District, where 12 percent live. Aside from Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phooana | 92 | 19 | / |
| Poana | 91 | 80 | / |
| Poeana | 83 | 192 | / |
| Poonah | 83 | 90 | / |
| Pohana | 83 | 8 | / |
| Poyona | 83 | 7 | / |
| Poanah | 83 | 7 | / |
| Pooane | 83 | 4 | / |
| Pojona | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poiona | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poieana | 77 | 44 | / |
| Pojjana | 77 | 9 | / |
| Poeeana | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pouanga | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pogiana | 77 | 3 | / |
| Poheana | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pouanha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poohani | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poainat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pouhana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poaunai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pahoona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pohanna | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pooni | 73 | 1,153 | / |
| Poane | 73 | 290 | / |
| Paona | 73 | 147 | / |
| Poani | 73 | 51 | / |
| Poono | 73 | 18 | / |
| Poany | 73 | 17 | / |
| Pohanadh | 71 | 8 | / |
| Phouanna | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pohangna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pohane | 67 | 3,085 | / |
| Pohani | 67 | 387 | / |
| Paonad | 67 | 176 | / |
| Puoane | 67 | 172 | / |
| Puhana | 67 | 136 | / |
| Pooneh | 67 | 55 | / |
| Pojoni | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pahona | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pouono | 67 | 36 | / |
| Paonah | 67 | 29 | / |
| Pohano | 67 | 25 | / |
| Puanah | 67 | 19 | / |
| Paonay | 67 | 8 | / |
| Poyoni | 67 | 8 | / |
| Poaini | 67 | 8 | / |
| Poeană | 67 | 7 | / |
| Paonna | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pohone | 67 | 6 | / |
| Poangi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paonat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Puhona | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pouone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pouane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pojono | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poasni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paonai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouanh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phooni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pohany | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poiono | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poagne | 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
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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 Pooana
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