Ponchenko Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Ponchenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponchenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine151:3,034,846176,305
Russia61:24,020,509493,300

Ponchenko Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ponchenko (Russian: Понченко) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponchenko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Ponchenko is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Ponchenko are found; 90 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,034,846. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 20 percent reside, Kiev, where 20 percent reside and Poltava Oblast, where 13 percent reside. Not including Ukraine Ponchenko exists in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ponchenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ponchenko in the Russian language
Понченкоponcenko-

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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 Ponchenko
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