Pontham Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pontham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
India101:76,706,538639,611
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Pontham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontham occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontham? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pontham is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pontham are found; 55 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Tai-Asia.

It is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 6,421,668. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Nonthaburi Province, where 36 percent live, Sisaket Province, where 36 percent live and Bangkok, where 9 percent live. Other than Thailand it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 45 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 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
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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 Pontham
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