Poonie Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Poonie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 43 | 1:30,079 | 5,976 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
Poonie (39) may also be a first name.
Poonie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poonie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poonie occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poonie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,333,370th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Poonie live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Poonie is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 39 people.
The surname Poonie is most prevalent in Mauritius, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 30,079. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritius it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.
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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 Poonie
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