Pondera Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Pondera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pondera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pondera (11) may also be a first name.

Pondera Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pondera is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pondera? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Pondera reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pondera is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 454,066. In Zimbabwe Pondera is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 38 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 38 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 21 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Bermuda, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Pondera
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