Poonan Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Poonan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 225 | 1:240,790 | 24,675 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Poonan (122) may also be a first name.
Poonan Demographics
Average Poonan Salary in
Canada
$52,079 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Poonan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poonan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poonan (Oriya: ପୁନନ୍) is found most in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Poonan.
How Common Is The Last Name Poonan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 853,416th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. Poonan occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Poonan live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 844,248th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 122 people.
The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 240,790. In South Africa Poonan is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 55 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 36 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 8 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Poonan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Poonan has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Poonan Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Poonan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.12% more than the national average, earning R 447,048 per year and in Canada they earn 4.82% more than the national average, earning $52,079 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poonan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poonan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁନନ୍ | punan | - |
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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 Poonan
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