Ponceau Surname
Approximately 590 people bear this surname
Ponceau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 556 | 1:119,465 | 18,050 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Ponceau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponceau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponceau occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponceau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 543,414th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,351,773 people. The last name Ponceau is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Ponceau live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most common in France, where it is borne by 556 people, or 1 in 119,465. In France Ponceau is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 28 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 14 percent are found. Aside from France this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ponceau
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