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
The last name Ponchau is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponchau? popularity and diffusion
Ponchau is the 2,121,169th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Ponchau occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Ponchau live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 194,858. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 73 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 27 percent are found. Besides Belgium Ponchau exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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
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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 Ponchau
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