Pontecorvo Surname

206,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Pontecorvo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontecorvo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,2941:47,2628,509
United States4891:741,22558,038
Argentina1691:252,92020,480
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England51:11,143,612252,590
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France31:22,140,907385,998
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Pontecorvo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontecorvo is most common in Italy. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontecorvo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 206,400th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,629,256 people. Pontecorvo is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Pontecorvo are found; 64 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 64 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The surname Pontecorvo is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 1,294 people, or 1 in 47,262. In Italy it is most common in: Lazio, where 63 percent are found, Campania, where 33 percent are found and Lombardy, where 2 percent are found. Besides Italy it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.

Pontecorvo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pontecorvo last name are 4.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.69% registered with the political party.

The amount Pontecorvo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 65.39% more than the national average, earning €49,668 per year and in United States they earn 13.28% more than the national average, earning $48,878 USD per year.

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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 Pontecorvo
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