Ponthala Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Ponthala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponthala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India401:19,176,635286,670
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ponthala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponthala (Oriya: ପାଲା) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ponthala.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponthala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Ponthala occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ponthala live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 19,176,635. In India Ponthala is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 85 percent reside, Telangana, where 10 percent reside and Odisha, where 3 percent reside. Excluding India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ponthala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ponthala in the Oriya language
ପାଲାpala-

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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 Ponthala
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