Pontelo Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pontelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3291:650,68224,051
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Pontelo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontelo is found most frequently in Brazil. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontelo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 745,450th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Pontelo reside; 85 percent reside in South America and 85 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 650,682. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 79 percent live, São Paulo, where 10 percent live and Paraná, where 7 percent live. Beside Brazil this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Pontelo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pontelo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Pontelo earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.76% less than the national average, earning $29,875 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
  • 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 Pontelo
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