Ponciana Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Ponciana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponciana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Ponciana (5,158) may also be a first name.

Ponciana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ponciana is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ponciana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponciana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,555,468th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Ponciana is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Ponciana live; 72 percent live in South America and 70 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 94,362nd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,158 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 5,351,858. In Brazil Ponciana is primarily found in: Minas Gerais, where 33 percent reside, São Paulo, where 23 percent reside and Goiás, where 10 percent reside. Beside Brazil this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 11 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.

Ponciana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ponciana has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ponciana last name expanded 150 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 Ponciana
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