Ponteira Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Ponteira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Ponteira (14) may also be a first name.
Ponteira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponteira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponteira is most common in Portugal. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponteira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,312,869th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Ponteira reside; 69 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Ponteira is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name globally It is held by 14 people.
The surname Ponteira is most commonly occurring in Portugal, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 221,665. Not including Portugal this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 24 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 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
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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 Ponteira
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