Pons Surname
Approximately 79,328 people bear this surname
Pons Surname Definition:
Originated in village of Pons, Lérida, and found as name of village near Urgel. Dates from time of Charlemagne, and is derived from Catalan word for "pont" or bridge, river crossing. Found principally in Catalonia.
Does not mean "marino" from "pontus" but means "quinto" of fifth part.
Read More About This SurnamePons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 28,858 | 1:2,302 | 149 |
| Spain | 28,824 | 1:1,622 | 185 |
| Argentina | 4,507 | 1:9,484 | 915 |
| United States | 3,251 | 1:111,492 | 12,115 |
| Cuba | 2,946 | 1:3,911 | 498 |
| Italy | 1,629 | 1:37,542 | 6,745 |
| Mexico | 1,556 | 1:79,773 | 3,349 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,063 | 1:9,815 | 823 |
| Uruguay | 922 | 1:3,722 | 435 |
| Brazil | 760 | 1:281,677 | 10,855 |
| Netherlands | 724 | 1:23,325 | 3,742 |
| Germany | 558 | 1:144,275 | 17,409 |
| Chile | 415 | 1:42,449 | 2,043 |
| Venezuela | 328 | 1:92,086 | 3,496 |
| Andorra | 324 | 1:259 | 34 |
| Philippines | 316 | 1:320,374 | 44,502 |
| England | 241 | 1:231,195 | 19,235 |
| Belgium | 165 | 1:69,677 | 11,129 |
| Puerto Rico | 147 | 1:24,151 | 786 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Israel | 127 | 1:67,383 | 8,384 |
| Australia | 117 | 1:230,732 | 21,761 |
| Canada | 113 | 1:326,067 | 29,799 |
| Switzerland | 107 | 1:76,756 | 8,915 |
| French Polynesia | 104 | 1:2,700 | 546 |
| Finland | 99 | 1:55,522 | 6,562 |
| Ecuador | 97 | 1:163,978 | 7,313 |
| Thailand | 90 | 1:784,870 | 127,251 |
| Guatemala | 85 | 1:189,208 | 3,740 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| India | 57 | 1:13,457,287 | 231,997 |
| Gibraltar | 44 | 1:772 | 126 |
| Peru | 39 | 1:814,978 | 17,459 |
| Panama | 32 | 1:122,258 | 4,322 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Luxembourg | 22 | 1:26,388 | 4,799 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Monaco | 12 | 1:3,089 | 236 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 194 | 1:258,859 | 21,305 |
The alternate forms: Pôns (2) & Poñs (1) are calculated separately.
Pons (281) may also be a first name.
Pons Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Originated in village of Pons, Lérida, and found as name of village near Urgel. Dates from time of Charlemagne, and is derived from Catalan word for "pont" or bridge, river crossing. Found principally in Catalonia.
Does not mean "marino" from "pontus" but means "quinto" of fifth part.
Catalan name.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'bridge' in Latin, from pons or pontis. It comes from Catalonia or Balear in Spain.
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Pons Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Pons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pons Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pons (Russian: Понс) is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Pôns or Poñs. For other possible spellings of Pons click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pons? popularity and diffusion
Pons is the 7,152nd most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 91,866 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Pons are found; 39 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 37 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Pons is also the 528,876th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 281 people.
The surname is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 28,858 people, or 1 in 2,302. In France Pons is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 35 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 20 percent live and Île-de-France, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account France this surname is found in 105 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 36 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.
Pons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pons last name expanded 1,676 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 2,678 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 700 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pons Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Pons last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Pons are 2.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.63% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Pons earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 71.98% more than the national average, earning €51,645 per year; in Peru they earn 358.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 88,916 per year; in South Africa they earn 68.76% more than the national average, earning R 401,040 per year; in United States they earn 6.5% more than the national average, earning $45,952 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.75% more than the national average, earning $52,540 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pôns | 92 | 2 | / |
| Poñs | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ponse | 89 | 1,393 | / |
| Poons | 89 | 158 | / |
| Poins | 89 | 52 | / |
| Pouns | 89 | 46 | / |
| Poens | 89 | 45 | / |
| Puons | 89 | 44 | / |
| Pohns | 89 | 38 | / |
| Ponns | 89 | 14 | / |
| Poyns | 89 | 13 | / |
| Phons | 89 | 9 | / |
| Ponss | 89 | 9 | / |
| Ponst | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ppons | 89 | 2 | / |
| Pomns | 89 | 1 | / |
| Poëns | 89 | 1 | / |
| Potens | 80 | 34 | / |
| Poçins | 80 | 27 | / |
| Ponshe | 80 | 18 | / |
| Phonse | 80 | 17 | / |
| Ponsch | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ponsse | 80 | 6 | / |
| Poinse | 80 | 4 | / |
| Potins | 80 | 3 | / |
| Poinst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poonsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ponz | 75 | 1,271 | / |
| Pans | 75 | 1,003 | / |
| Poms | 75 | 439 | / |
| Puns | 75 | 38 | / |
| Ponx | 75 | 36 | / |
| Ponç | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pāns | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pottins | 73 | 21 | / |
| Potense | 73 | 18 | / |
| Ponsova | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ponsche | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pottens | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponsová | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pousins | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pochins | 73 | 1 | / |
| Possens | 73 | 0 | / |
| Poutens | 73 | 0 | / |
| Poutins | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ponce | 67 | 545,342 | / |
| Panse | 67 | 7,201 | / |
| Paans | 67 | 1,299 | / |
| Ponze | 67 | 374 | / |
| Ponje | 67 | 308 | / |
| Putns | 67 | 297 | / |
| Punse | 67 | 161 | / |
| Punsh | 67 | 83 | / |
| Ponch | 67 | 81 | / |
| Phans | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pansh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pahns | 67 | 12 | / |
| Phens | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pomse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phuns | 67 | 2 | / |
| Punns | 67 | 2 | / |
| Punsp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pansz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puuns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poums | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poussins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponçe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pooms | 67 | 0 | / |
| Punss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pochense | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pomss | 67 | 0 | / |
Pons Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pons in the Russian language | ||
| Понс | pons | - |
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