Poneau Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Poneau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Poneau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poneau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poneau is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poneau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,274,477th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Poneau are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,656,909. In France Poneau is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 48 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 44 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 8 percent reside. Not including France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 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
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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 Poneau
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