Pontaud Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Pontaud Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 171 | 1:388,437 | 57,373 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
Pontaud Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontaud Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pontaud occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pontaud.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontaud? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,305,105th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname Pontaud occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pontaud are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 388,437. In France it is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 74 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 24 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 1 percent are found. Besides France Pontaud is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Cape Verde, where 1 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 Pontaud
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