Pontanes Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Pontanes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 429 | 1:235,987 | 35,899 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pontañes (3) are calculated separately.
Pontanes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontanes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pontanes is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Pontañes. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontanes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pontanes is the 686,443rd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. Pontanes occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pontanes are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 429 people, or 1 in 235,987. In The Philippines Pontanes is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 29 percent are found, Bicol, where 27 percent are found and Eastern Visayas, where 16 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontañes | 96 | 3 | / |
| Pontane | 93 | 3 | / |
| Pontones | 88 | 587 | / |
| Pontenes | 88 | 14 | / |
| Pontanee | 88 | 8 | / |
| Pontanez | 88 | 7 | / |
| Pantanes | 88 | 5 | / |
| Pontaine | 88 | 3 | / |
| Pontanis | 88 | 2 | / |
| Puntanes | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ponthanee | 82 | 6 | / |
| Phonthane | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pontone | 80 | 1,666 | / |
| Pontani | 80 | 919 | / |
| Pontana | 80 | 165 | / |
| Pantane | 80 | 37 | / |
| Pontany | 80 | 0 | / |
| Phonthanee | 78 | 4 | / |
| Pantange | 75 | 75 | / |
| Pantaine | 75 | 63 | / |
| Pontagni | 75 | 47 | / |
| Pontañez | 75 | 21 | / |
| Pantaney | 75 | 17 | / |
| Pontonge | 75 | 17 | / |
| Pantanee | 75 | 9 | / |
| Poontana | 75 | 8 | / |
| Pontonet | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pontangi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pointani | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pontenis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ponthana | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pontonne | 75 | 2 | / |
| Phontone | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pontonez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pantenes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phontana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponthani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phontany | 75 | 1 | / |
| Panthane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Panntane | 75 | 0 | / |
| Phoonthanet | 74 | 1 | / |
| Phonthani | 71 | 66 | / |
| Phonthana | 71 | 25 | / |
| Ponthonne | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ponthangi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pointhana | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pantangey | 71 | 4 | / |
| Panthange | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ponthagni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phonthany | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ponthgani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phantanee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phantanet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panthanee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantani | 67 | 2,845 | / |
| Pontoni | 67 | 2,064 | / |
| Pantana | 67 | 287 | / |
| Pantany | 67 | 16 | / |
| Phanthanet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phanthanee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pontona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poomthanee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pountounet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pontáné | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pontony | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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- 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 Pontanes
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