Pontanar Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pontanar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontanar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines6621:152,92825,433
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Pontanar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontanar is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontanar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 496,702nd most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pontanar reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Pontanar is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 662 people, or 1 in 152,928. In The Philippines Pontanar is primarily found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 48 percent live, Central Visayas, where 22 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 11 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 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
  • 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 Pontanar
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