Pontañeles Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pontañeles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontañeles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2481:408,21951,950
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Pontaneles (14) are calculated separately.

Pontañeles Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontañeles occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Pontaneles. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontañeles? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pontañeles is the 1,017,412th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pontañeles are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 408,219. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 56 percent live, National Capital Region, where 23 percent live and Calabarzon, where 9 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 0 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 Pontañeles
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