Pontejo Surname
Approximately 391 people bear this surname
Pontejo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 343 | 1:295,155 | 42,114 |
| Spain | 45 | 1:1,038,934 | 38,115 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Pontejo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontejo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pontejo is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontejo? popularity and diffusion
Pontejo is the 738,530th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. The surname Pontejo is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Pontejo live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 87 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 295,155. In The Philippines Pontejo is primarily found in: Central Visayas, where 23 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 20 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 16 percent live. Besides The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 12 percent live and Argentina, where 1 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 Pontejo
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