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 in France more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontais? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 902,012th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. The surname Pontais is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Pontais live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring 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 are found, Brittany, where 38 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 12 percent are found. Other than France it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and Turkey, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Pontais
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