Ponchau Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Ponchau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ponchau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponchau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ponchau occurs most in Belgium. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponchau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,121,169th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Ponchau live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 194,858. In Belgium Ponchau is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 73 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 27 percent reside. Barring Belgium it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ponchau
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