Ponatshego Surname

534,162nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 604 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Ponatshego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponatshego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana5851:3,738525
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pontshego951/
Bonatshego908/
Panatschek708/
Piontashko701/
Pontscheck701/
Pendatcheko67192/
Puntshok671/

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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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