Ponchaux Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Ponchaux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 357 | 1:186,058 | 28,941 |
| Belgium | 112 | 1:102,649 | 15,579 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Ponchaux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponchaux Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ponchaux occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponchaux? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 637,196th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. The surname Ponchaux occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ponchaux are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 186,058. In France it is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 74 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 8 percent are found. Not including France it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 23 percent are found and England, 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 Ponchaux
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