Pontawe Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Pontawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 877 | 1:115,437 | 19,917 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pontawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pontawe is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 398,988th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,262,524 people. The last name Pontawe is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pontawe reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 877 people, or 1 in 115,437. In The Philippines Pontawe is most numerous in: Ilocos, where 64 percent reside, Central Luzon, where 19 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 6 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Pontawe
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