Ponant Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Ponant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Ponant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponant is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponant? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ponant is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Ponant is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Ponant live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Ponant is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 2,012,810. In France Ponant is most numerous in: Grand Est, where 33 percent reside, Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 24 percent reside. Outside of France it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 3 percent reside.
Ponant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ponant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ponant last name contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ponant
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