Poonisamy Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Poonisamy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 33 | 1:39,194 | 7,252 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Poonisamy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poonisamy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poonisamy is borne by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poonisamy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poonisamy is the 3,373,373rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Poonisamy live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 39,194. In Mauritius Poonisamy is primarily concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 97 percent live and Port Louis District, where 3 percent live. Other than Mauritius Poonisamy occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poonisammy | 95 | 11 | / |
| Ponisamy | 94 | 2 | / |
| Ponisammy | 89 | 62 | / |
| Poonusamy | 89 | 37 | / |
| Poonisami | 89 | 33 | / |
| Ponnisamy | 89 | 6 | / |
| Ponnisammy | 84 | 1 | / |
| Poonnusamy | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ponusamy | 82 | 278 | / |
| Panisamy | 82 | 7 | / |
| Punisamy | 82 | 3 | / |
| Ponnusamy | 78 | 6,777 | / |
| Ponnysamy | 78 | 4 | / |
| Ponusammy | 78 | 3 | / |
| Ponussamy | 78 | 2 | / |
| Pounusamy | 78 | 2 | / |
| Panaisamy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pponusamy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Poonusami | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ponusamay | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ponushamy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ponnesamy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ponnusammy | 74 | 5 | / |
| Ponnussamy | 74 | 3 | / |
| Ponnuusamy | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ponnyshamy | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ponnnusamy | 74 | 1 | / |
| Phonesamay | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ponusami | 71 | 6 | / |
| Panusamy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panisami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponnusami | 67 | 296 | / |
| Pannusamy | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pounusami | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phonesama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponnisemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panitsamai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pannisamai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Phonesamai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Phanitsamai | 60 | 29 | / |
| Panishsamai | 60 | 1 | / |
| Ponezami | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ponnusomy | 56 | 3 | / |
| Panicammi | 56 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Poonisamy
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