Poonith Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Poonith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poonith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius3191:4,055786
Trinidad and Tobago271:50,5184,407
England81:6,964,757184,742
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Poonith (49) may also be a first name.

Poonith Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poonith is found most frequently in Mauritius. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poonith? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 783,439th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. Poonith occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Poonith reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. Poonith is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 49 people.

The surname Poonith is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 4,055. In Mauritius Poonith is most common in: Rivière du Rempart District, where 75 percent live, Plaines Wilhems District, where 24 percent live and Flacq District, where 0 percent live. Excluding Mauritius it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago, where 7 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Poonith Last Name Statistics demography

Poonith earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poonit9278/
Poonyth86311/
Ponnith861/
Ponit8389/
Pooneeth8050/
Phounith801/
Phoonait801/
Poništ77264/
Ponist77150/
Punith7785/
Panith7719/
Pounit7710/
Poonet777/
Ponite774/
Pognit773/
Pojnit771/
Pomnit771/
Poneth771/
Ponitt770/
Ponneth71321/
Phanith71122/
Ponnitt718/
Phonnit718/
Phomnit717/
Phoneth714/
Phoonet712/
Pongnit711/
Punnith711/
Peunith711/
Panisth711/
Pusnith711/
Poneeth711/
Phongit711/
Poonied711/
Poonyot711/
Ponitte710/
Panit672,891/
Punit671,170/
Ponet67875/
Phongnit6749/
Ponid672/
Pongneth671/
Ponht671/
Phonethe671/
Ponnyoth671/
Ponneitz671/
Ponneath671/

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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 Poonith
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