Poništ Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Poništ Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 246 | 1:21,693 | 3,502 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
The alternate forms: Ponist (150) are calculated separately.
Poništ Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poništ Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poništ is most common in Slovakia. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Ponist. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poništ? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 978,274th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname Poništ is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Poništ reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Poništ is most prevalent in Slovakia, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 21,693. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Nitra Region, where 51 percent reside, Žilina Region, where 42 percent reside and Prešov Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Slovakia it exists in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 7 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
- 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 Poništ
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