Poonsamy Surname

437,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 785 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Poonsamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poonsamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7681:70,5448,797
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Poonsamy (265) may also be a first name.

Poonsamy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poonsamy is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Poonsamy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poonsamy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 437,080th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,283,498 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Poonsamy reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 546,451st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 265 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 768 people, or 1 in 70,544. In South Africa Poonsamy is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 59 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Western Cape, where 4 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Poonsamy Last Name Statistics demography

Poonsamy earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.53% more than the national average, earning R 303,048 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poonsammy94100/
Ponsamy9384/
Pounsamy889/
Poonsami886/
Ponnsamy885/
Ponsammy885/
Poinsamy882/
Poonsamj881/
Pounnsamy8210/
Poonsamer826/
Ponsami8027/
Punsamy8021/
Phounsamay781/
Punsammy7577/
Pansamuy751/
Pansamay751/
Punnsamy751/
Phonsame751/
Ponnsami751/
Phansamay711/
Ponseme674/
Ponsoma671/
Punsami671/

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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 Poonsamy
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