Poonah Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Guyana

Poonah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poonah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada491:751,95159,756
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Poonah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poonah occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Poonah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poonah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Poonah occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Poonah reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Poonah is most common in Canada, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 751,951. In Canada Poonah is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 100 percent live. Not including Canada it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 28 percent live and Guyana, where 7 percent live.

Poonah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Poonah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 38.26% less than the national average, earning R 146,712 per year and in Canada they earn 54.58% more than the national average, earning $76,798 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pooana8343/
Paonah8329/
Poyona837/
Poanah837/
Pojona831/
Poiona831/
Phooana7719/
Pahoona771/
Paounah771/
Paona73147/
Poana7380/
Poono7318/
Pohanadh718/
Poeana67192/
Paonad67176/
Paonga6776/
Pouono6736/
Pahona6736/
Paonay678/
Pohana678/
Paonna677/
Paonat674/
Poiono671/
Pojono671/
Paeona671/
Paonai671/

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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 Poonah
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