Pontara Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pontara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4121:519,59819,522
Italy541:1,132,53173,160
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Pontara (20) may also be a first name.

Pontara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontara is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontara? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 611,703rd most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. The last name Pontara is predominantly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Pontara live; 82 percent live in South America and 82 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,446,817th most common first name at a global level, borne by 20 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 412 people, or 1 in 519,598. In Brazil it is most common in: Espírito Santo, where 37 percent live, São Paulo, where 21 percent live and Paraná, where 18 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 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 Pontara
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