Ponatshego Surname
Approximately 604 people bear this surname
Ponatshego Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 585 | 1:3,738 | 525 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ponatshego (1,568) may also be a first name.
Ponatshego Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponatshego Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponatshego is held by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponatshego? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 534,162nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,065,473 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ponatshego live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ponatshego is also the 195,556th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 1,568 people.
It is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 3,738. Barring Botswana it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontshego | 95 | 1 | / |
| Bonatshego | 90 | 8 | / |
| Panatschek | 70 | 8 | / |
| Piontashko | 70 | 1 | / |
| Pontscheck | 70 | 1 | / |
| Pendatcheko | 67 | 192 | / |
| Puntshok | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ponatshego
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