Poentes Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Poentes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poentes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Poentes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poentes is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poentes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Poentes live; 77 percent live in South America and 69 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 11,893,018. In Brazil Poentes is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 94 percent are found and Pará, where 6 percent are found. Besides Brazil this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pontes92124,324/
Pentes92165/
Poente9243/
Puentes8677,793/
Ponties8677/
Pointes8666/
Poentis8665/
Penteas8616/
Pentesh8613/
Ponttes868/
Piontes867/
Ponntes866/
Ponteis863/
Pientes862/
Poyntes862/
Peuntes862/
Ppontes861/
Pontees861/
Ponteas861/
Phontes861/
Pontess861/
Penthes861/
Ponthes860/
Poenter860/
Penties860/
Pntes832/
Ppuentes801/
Puenties801/
Peintess801/
Pontis77632/
Pintes77270/
Pentis77167/
Puntes77152/
Pontez7737/
Ponteš775/
Pentex772/
Póntes771/
Pontys771/
Pentez771/
Pontois71670/
Pontais71296/
Pinteus71173/
Pointis71158/
Puentez71125/
Pahente7135/
Pentais7111/
Pointez7110/
Punttes719/
Phoemte714/
Pontuis714/
Pentiss713/
Pontiss713/
Phuntes712/
Pesntez712/
Puentis712/
Ponthis712/
Pointex712/
Paentea711/
Punthes711/
Poentiz711/
Ponttis711/
Pentice711/
Pintesh711/
Paintes711/
Paointe711/
Pueñtes711/
Punteas711/
Pontysz711/
Pientis711/
Paenter710/
Puintes710/
Pajontis676/
Pesnntez671/
Pouintis671/
Pentisch671/
Pahenter671/
Paointer671/
Pointice670/
Pointise670/

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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 Poentes
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