Poonya Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Poonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
Poonya (81) may also be a first name.
Poonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poonya (Hindi: पूनय) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poonya is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Poonya is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Poonya are found; 73 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 73 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Poonya is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 81 people.
The surname Poonya is most common in Thailand, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 4,414,897. In Thailand it is most common in: Bangkok, where 25 percent are found, Songkhla Province, where 25 percent are found and Chiang Mai Province, where 6 percent are found. Barring Thailand this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poonya in the Hindi language | ||
| पूनय | punaya | 60 |
| पून्या | pun'ya | 20 |
| पून्य | pun'ya | 20 |
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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 Poonya
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