Ponsel Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ponsel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponsel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1391:579,17647,094
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Ponsel (92) may also be a first name.

Ponsel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponsel (Russian: Понсьель) is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponsel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,185,157th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. Ponsel is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Ponsel are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 92 people.

The last name Ponsel is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 579,176. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 71 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

Ponsel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ponsel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ponsel last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ponsell92147/
Ponseel92126/
Poinsel92111/
Pounsel9230/
Ponzel83712/
Poncel83273/
Pomsel83211/
Punsel8324/
Pansel8322/
Ponjel8312/
Ponsil8310/
Pünsel834/
Phonsl831/
Pongel831/
Ponchel771,287/
Poncell77132/
Pansell7737/
Poonsil7736/
Ponslet7719/
Pouncel778/
Pounsil772/
Punsell770/
Ponncel770/
Ponzelt770/
Pansl733/
Poonsilp7114/
Poonchel711/
Ponzeltd710/
Punzel67526/
Poncil67172/
Pangel67119/
Pancel6791/
Pansil6768/
Püngel6768/
Puncel6742/
Panzel6741/
Panjel6729/
Pungel6723/
Punsil6718/
Ponzelová675/
Pamsel674/
Punżel674/
Punjel671/
Phoonsilp671/
Poncelová671/
Ponzelova671/

Ponsel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ponsel in the Russian language
Понсьельponsel-

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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
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  • 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 Ponsel
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