Ponchet Surname
Approximately 426 people bear this surname
Ponchet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 296 | 1:224,401 | 34,808 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| New Caledonia | 42 | 1:6,577 | 1,478 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Ponchet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponchet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponchet occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponchet? popularity and diffusion
Ponchet is the 693,669th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,106,915 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Ponchet are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Ponchet is most common in France, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 224,401. In France it is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 42 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 30 percent are found and Occitanie, where 13 percent are found. Beside France this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 18 percent are found and New Caledonia, where 10 percent are found.
Ponchet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ponchet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ponchet surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ponchet
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