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Last name Pono (Pono , Pose , بونو ) , across the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Pono is characteristic of Uruguay, where it is quite a common surname, Botswana, and Argentina, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Philippines, and Argentina. Much less frequently, Pono is the forename as well as the last name.