Ponescu Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Ponescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 92 | 1:218,238 | 21,332 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ponescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponescu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponescu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ponescu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
It is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 218,238. In Romania Ponescu is most prevalent in: Dâmbovița County, where 98 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 1 percent reside and Mureș County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Romania Ponescu is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poenescu | 93 | 103 | / |
| Poinescu | 93 | 12 | / |
| Panescu | 86 | 1,103 | / |
| Penescu | 86 | 560 | / |
| Pănescu | 86 | 388 | / |
| Ponesku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Paunescu | 80 | 4,713 | / |
| Panesu | 77 | 34 | / |
| Panesau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pannesu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paunesku | 67 | 172 | / |
| Ponickau | 67 | 23 | / |
| Peunesku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panesault | 63 | 0 | / |
| Poniku | 62 | 92 | / |
| Panicu | 62 | 34 | / |
| Paneju | 62 | 20 | / |
| Ponyku | 62 | 9 | / |
| Poniju | 62 | 9 | / |
| Pasnicu | 57 | 282 | / |
| Ponikau | 57 | 47 | / |
| Panezau | 57 | 1 | / |
| Panisau | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pașnicu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Panekus | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ponojju | 57 | 1 | / |
| Panicaud | 53 | 25 | / |
| Panicaut | 53 | 10 | / |
| Paneijou | 53 | 2 | / |
| Phonekoe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pomnikus | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pasnetkus | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Ponescu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis