Pongat Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Pongat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Pongat (28) may also be a first name.
Pongat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pongat is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Pongat reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pongat is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Pongat is primarily concentrated in: Bougainville, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 24 percent live.
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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 Pongat
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