Pontanares Surname

507,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 645 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pontanares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontanares Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines5751:176,06628,465
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372

Pontanares Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontanares is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontanares? popularity and diffusion

It is the 507,898th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 11,298,521 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Pontanares are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 88 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 575 people, or 1 in 176,066. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Bicol, where 47 percent live, National Capital Region, where 23 percent live and Calabarzon, where 16 percent live. Beside The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and Singapore, where 2 percent live.

Pontanares Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pontanares are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.33% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pontanares earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 53.72% more than the national average, earning $66,327 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.48% less than the national average, earning $40,006 CAD per year.

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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 Pontanares
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