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
The surname Poonie is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poonie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poonie is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Poonie reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 39 people.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 30,079. In Mauritius it is primarily concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 100 percent live. Excluding Mauritius this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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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