Poonawassy Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Poonawassy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Poonawassy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1061:511,11041,270
England11:55,718,059489,080
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Poonawassy Demographics

Average Poonawassy Salary in
South Africa

R 439,476

Per year
Rank:
22,981 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000526089
Rank: 19,457 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
184.94%
Sample size: 30 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Poonawassy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poonawassy is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poonawassy? popularity and diffusion

Poonawassy is the 1,775,494th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Poonawassy is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Poonawassy reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Poonawassy is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 511,110. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 54 percent live, Northern Cape, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.

Poonawassy Last Name Statistics demography

Poonawassy earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.94% more than the national average, earning R 439,476 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Panawasit634/
Punnawasi631/
Poonoovasee571/
Punavasi5628/
Punabasi563/
Panavasa561/
Panawese561/
Punnabasi533/
Punnavasi533/
Panabashi531/

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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 Poonawassy
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