Pontais Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Pontais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 282 | 1:235,542 | 36,504 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pontais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pontais occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontais? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pontais is the 902,012th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pontais are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Pontais is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 282 people, or 1 in 235,542. In France Pontais is most common in: Normandy, where 45 percent live, Brittany, where 38 percent live and Île-de-France, where 12 percent live. Outside of France Pontais occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and Turkey, where 1 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
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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
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