Poonye Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Poonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 248 | 1:5,215 | 1,050 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Poonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poonye is more frequently found in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poonye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,017,412th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. Poonye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Poonye live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname Poonye is most commonly held in Mauritius, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 5,215. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Rivière Noire District, where 44 percent reside, Flacq District, where 37 percent reside and Plaines Wilhems District, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Mauritius this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Poonye
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