Pontanes Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pontanes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontanes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4291:235,98735,899
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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.

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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 Pontanes
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