Poña Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Poña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Pona (5,858) & Poná (1) are calculated separately.

Poña Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poña has its highest incidence in Peru. It may be found as: Pona or Poná. For other possible spellings of Poña click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poña? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Poña occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Poña reside; 60 percent reside in South America and 40 percent reside in Andean South America.

The surname is most commonly used in Peru, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 15,892,062. In Peru Poña is most prevalent in: Áncash Region, where 50 percent reside and Pasco Region, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Peru this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 20 percent reside and The Philippines, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pona925,858/
Poeña892/
Phoña891/
Poná831/
Paña758,681/
Poñe75336/
Poño75160/
Pèña758/
Péña753/
Pêña751/
Ponna677,017/
Ponga676,489/
Ponas674,028/
Pouna671,727/
Ponea67850/
Ponya67735/
Ponia67563/
Poona67545/
Ponay67447/
Pañas67422/
Phona67265/
Posna67248/
Ponau67139/
Pogna67119/
Poina6788/
Ponja6785/
Ponap6754/
Ponat6754/
Pañau6749/
Ponai6745/
Ponha6734/
Ponah6728/
Potna6722/
Ponad6717/
Pomna6714/
Panoa679/
Pohna678/
Ponaa678/
Poena676/
Poñio675/
Peñaa673/
Pañaz673/
Pañia673/
Poñer672/
Poyna672/
Pañga671/
Patña671/
Peñea671/
Poñgo671/
Poñes671/
Phoño671/
Panña671/

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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 Poña
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