Ponter Surname
Approximately 652 people bear this surname
Ponter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 313 | 1:178,013 | 16,129 |
| United States | 155 | 1:2,338,445 | 144,975 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 90 | 1:270,837 | 19,067 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:112,030 | 4,740 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
The alternate forms: Pontér (6) are calculated separately.
Ponter (12) may also be a first name.
Ponter Demographics
Average Ponter Salary in
United States
$28,298 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ponter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponter (Russian: Понтер) occurs most in England. It may be rendered as a variant: Pontér. For other potential spellings of Ponter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponter? popularity and diffusion
Ponter is the 503,825th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. Ponter occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Ponter reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles. Ponter is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most common in England, where it is borne by 313 people, or 1 in 178,013. In England it is primarily found in: Gloucestershire, where 18 percent reside, West Midlands, where 16 percent reside and Kent, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
Ponter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ponter has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Ponter last name grew 348 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 456 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ponter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ponter surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Ponter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 586.83% more than the national average, earning R 1,632,180 per year; in United States they earn 34.42% less than the national average, earning $28,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.39% more than the national average, earning $66,767 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ponter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ponter in the Russian language | ||
| Понтер | ponter | - |
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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 Ponter
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