Ponceleon Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Ponceleon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponceleon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela3311:91,2513,475
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Ponceleón (1) are calculated separately.

Ponceleon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponceleon occurs most in Venezuela. It can be found in the variant forms: Ponceleón. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponceleon? popularity and diffusion

Ponceleon is the 806,178th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ponceleon reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 95 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most widely held in Venezuela, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 91,251. In Venezuela it is primarily found in: Miranda, where 81 percent are found, Carabobo, where 4 percent are found and Yaracuy, where 4 percent are found. Beside Venezuela Ponceleon exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Peru, where 1 percent are found.

Ponceleon Last Name Statistics demography

Ponceleon earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.55% more than the national average, earning $46,406 USD per year.

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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 Ponceleon
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