Ponds Surname

248,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Ponds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4391:251,88323,923
Netherlands931:181,58325,939
India141:54,790,384527,769
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Trinidad and Tobago81:170,4978,814
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
England21:27,859,030389,889
China21:683,660,78330,601
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:348,74126,729

Ponds (27) may also be a first name.

Ponds Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ponds is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponds? popularity and diffusion

Ponds is the 248,111th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,549,030 people. The surname Ponds is primarily found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Ponds reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.

The surname Ponds is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,439 people, or 1 in 251,883. In The United States Ponds is most numerous in: Florida, where 15 percent are found, South Carolina, where 8 percent are found and Alabama, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Ponds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ponds has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ponds last name increased 999 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ponds Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ponds surname are 7.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.9% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ponds earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 14.93% less than the national average, earning $36,706 USD per year and in Canada they earn 96.62% more than the national average, earning $97,688 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pounds9110,189/
Poinds913/
Puonds912/
Poonds911/
Ponnds910/
Pond8919,464/
Pound809,359/
Ponts80175/
Pondt80125/
Phond8015/
Poind808/
Pands807/
Poond802/
Punds802/
Bpond801/
Ponnd800/
Points731,357/
Potind7337/
Poynts7335/
Phonts739/
Pandse738/
Phoncs732/
Pounts731/
Posind731/
Phands731/
Poundz731/
Pontse731/
Phuond731/
Pfound730/
Pfonts730/
Paunds730/
Pont6716,526/
Ponz671,271/
Pand67891/
Ponc67192/
Phundse675/
Pondová674/
Pondova673/
Pondowa672/
D'Pound671/
Ponç671/
Pontsch671/
Phontsh671/
Pomd670/

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Ponds Reference & Research

Pond/Ponds DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Pond/Ponds FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Ponds
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis