Pond Surname

27,616th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Pond Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pond,' i.e. the pound, or enclosure for strayed cattle, from residence thereby; v. Ponder.

Geoffrey ad le Pond, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Bartholomew de la Ponde, Buckinghamshire Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Pond Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,3041:29,4593,655
England2,5281:22,0403,084
Canada1,4691:25,0823,378
Australia8511:31,7224,225
Papua New Guinea4401:18,5311,870
Iran4281:179,39814,946
New Zealand1861:24,3464,252
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Philippines1751:578,50463,940
South Africa1341:404,31135,545
Brazil1241:1,726,40656,376
Israel881:97,24611,271
Thailand731:967,649148,690
Russia541:2,668,945150,916
Dominica441:1,725292
Wales381:81,4356,830
India381:20,185,931296,209
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Antigua and Barbuda231:4,312570
Guernsey221:2,929767
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Bermuda151:4,352690
China141:97,665,8265,141
Montserrat141:35367
Taiwan131:1,803,44211,840
United States Virgin Islands121:9,1981,357
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
France101:6,642,272293,169
Ireland101:470,89415,820
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Barbados91:31,9391,516
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Palau11:21,643223
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3961:17,4612,531
Wales201:78,4213,652
Scotland131:287,9409,345
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5671:14,0791,801

Pond (516) may also be a first name.

Pond Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pond,' i.e. the pound, or enclosure for strayed cattle, from residence thereby; v. Ponder.

Geoffrey ad le Pond, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Bartholomew de la Ponde, Buckinghamshire Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Sewal atte Ponde, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Henry Ponde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Roger atte Ponde, Close Rolls, 17 Edward III. pt.

1626. Ellionem Pond and Mary Chamberlaine: Marriage Lic (London).

1650. Married — Thomas Pond and Ann Hathaway: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at 1 a Pound [v. Pound] 2 a Pool [Middle English pond(e, a variant of pound(e: v. Pound] Roger atte Ponde.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1343.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near a small body of water; variant of Pound. q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From residence near one. Atte Pond, Ad le Pond, De Pond. H.R. It was sometimes changed to Ponder.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The English form of De Stagno. William de Stagno, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae), also 1198. Gilbert de Stangno, Engl. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis); Hervey and Edmund de Stanho c. 1272, and Roger de Pond, Engl. (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From Pont; a location name in Cornwall Or from the Dutch, Pont; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pond Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pond (Hindi: पोण्ड, Russian: Понд) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pond? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pond is the 27,616th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 374,412 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Pond reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pond is also the 372,032nd most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 516 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 12,304 people, or 1 in 29,459. In The United States Pond is most common in: California, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and New York, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 81 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Pond Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pond has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 345 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 190 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 177 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pond Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (38%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Pond surname are 9.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Pond earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.55% more than the national average, earning R 462,336 per year; in United States they earn 3.69% more than the national average, earning $44,741 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.89% more than the national average, earning $50,127 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pound899,359/
Ponds891,602/
Pondt89125/
Phond8915/
Poind898/
Poond892/
Bpond891/
Ponnd890/
Pon8621,284/
Pounds8010,189/
Potind8037/
Poinds803/
Puonds802/
Posind801/
Phuond801/
Poonds801/
Poundz801/
Ponnds800/
Pfound800/
Poon75110,235/
Phon7560,142/
Pong7545,723/
Pund7517,133/
Pont7516,526/
Pone755,616/
Pohn751,018/
Pand75891/
Puon75770/
Ponn75718/
Poin75557/
Poun75139/
Ponh7531/
Potn754/
Poyn753/
Hpon752/
Bpon752/
Pgon751/
Pojn751/
Pomn751/
Pomd750/
Posn750/
Pondová734/
Pondova733/
Pondowa732/
D'Pound731/
Ponte6737,837/
Phong6729,955/
Point678,751/
Phoon675,615/
Potin674,596/
Pfund672,922/
Phuon672,811/
Pundt671,545/
Posen671,290/
Ponne67789/
Posin67627/
Poojn67599/
Poone67595/
Phand67394/
Poong67314/
Phend67258/
Pongy67230/
Phone67196/
Poten67186/
Ponts67175/
Poune67140/
Pogne67134/
Pandt67120/
Poing67117/
Pontt67109/
Phoun67105/
Pfand6783/
Poung6774/
Pount6766/
Pandh6755/
Puong6742/
Phoin6739/
Ponhe6737/
Punnd6733/
Poncz6728/
Ponth6724/
Potne6723/
Phonn6722/
Potyn6722/
Phonh6721/
Pohun6721/
Poßin6720/
Phund6719/
Poent6719/
Paund6717/
Pfont6717/
Pomne6713/
Pannd6712/
Pundh6712/
Pfoun6710/
Pongh6710/
Pandz679/
Posne679/
Phont679/
Poyne677/
Poine677/
Pouhn677/
Pands677/
Pocin677/
Posyn677/
Pontø675/
Pfonk675/
Pocen674/
Phonk674/
Poomn673/
Pohng673/
Pongg673/
Punds672/
Puohn672/
Pohyn672/
Pamnd671/
Poont671/
Pootn671/
Puont671/
Peund671/
Phomn671/
Hpone671/
Pahnd671/
Paand671/
Poinh671/
Poncg671/
Poncë671/
Ppong671/
Pponk671/
P'Ong671/
Ponht671/
Pfohn670/
Pojne670/
Pgund670/
Pounc670/

Pond Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pond in the Hindi language
पोण्डponda-
Pond in the Russian language
Пондpond-

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Pond Reference & Research

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