Pooniah Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Pooniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Pooniah (35) may also be a first name.
Pooniah Demographics
Average Pooniah Salary in
South Africa
R 181,980
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pooniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pooniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pooniah is found most in South Africa. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooniah? popularity and diffusion
Pooniah is the 3,141,416th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Pooniah are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pooniah is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 35 people.
It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Pooniah is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent reside and Malaysia, where 10 percent reside.
Pooniah Last Name Statistics demography
Pooniah earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.42% less than the national average, earning R 181,980 per year.
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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 Pooniah
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