Pontani Surname

386,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 919 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Pontani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy6831:89,54115,474
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Brazil1021:2,098,76866,021
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
France41:16,605,680368,153
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Pontani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontani (Russian: Понтани) is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 386,348th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,929,865 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Pontani live; 74 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent live in Italic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 683 people, or 1 in 89,541. In Italy Pontani is most common in: Lazio, where 60 percent live, Marche, where 18 percent live and Umbria, where 11 percent live. Other than Italy this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.

Pontani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pontani last name are 21.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pontani earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 25.55% less than the national average, earning €22,358 per year and in United States they earn 10.33% more than the national average, earning $47,606 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pontani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pontani in the Russian language
Понтаниpontani-

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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 Pontani
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