Ponente Surname

681,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 436 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Belgium

Ponente Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponente Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2281:268,23135,194
Belgium1091:105,47415,893
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Venezuela241:1,258,50317,711
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
England111:5,065,278148,650
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Ponenté (1) are calculated separately.

Ponente Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponente is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ponenté. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponente? popularity and diffusion

It is the 681,965th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 16,714,555 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Ponente are found; 53 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 53 percent are found in Italic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 268,231. In Italy Ponente is mostly concentrated in: Sicily, where 45 percent live, Piedmont, where 43 percent live and Lombardy, where 5 percent live. Apart from Italy it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Ponente Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ponente surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ponente earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.81% less than the national average, earning $32,887 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ponenté951/
Poniente931,101/
Ponent925/
Ponenta8625/
Ponenti8625/
Punente865/
Penente861/
Poninte861/
Peniente805/
Pounenti801/
Puniente801/
Pounentis7526/
Poenentay751/
Pannenter750/
Pannent7119/
Penenti7113/
Panient717/
Poninta716/
Peninte713/
Poninti713/
Panenty711/
Pagnent711/
Phanent710/
Phoninta67123/
Pouninta6716/
Pannenti675/
Pannenty671/
Ponintai671/
Ponęta625/
Ponind623/
Panint623/
Peninti5733/
Paninta5733/
Paninti576/
Panuint571/
Phanint571/
Panninti53105/
Punninti534/
Panintha531/
Penintti531/
Punginti531/
Peeninti531/
Phanintha50163/
Pannintti501/

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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 Ponente
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