Poignonec Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Poignonec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poignonec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1821:364,96054,499
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Poignonec Last Name Facts

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

Poignonec is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poignonec? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,252,959th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. Poignonec is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Poignonec live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 364,960. In France Poignonec is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 34 percent reside, Brittany, where 30 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 16 percent reside. Excluding France this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poignonnec9565/
Pognonec9437/
Puignonec891/
Pignones8222/
Pignaneci782/
Pinonic759/
Pinonik632/
Penonic632/
Pangonic591/
Pynonyk5022/
Pinanik5010/
Pananek501/

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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
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  • 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 Poignonec
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