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

Pontham is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pontham.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontham? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pontham is the 4,206,983rd most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pontham reside; 55 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Tai-Asia.

This last name is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 6,421,668. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Nonthaburi Province, where 36 percent reside, Sisaket Province, where 36 percent reside and Bangkok, where 9 percent reside. Barring Thailand it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 45 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.

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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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