Ponthong Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Ponthong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 170 | 1:415,520 | 72,834 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ponthong (11) may also be a first name.
Ponthong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponthong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ponthong is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponthong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ponthong is the 1,310,135th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname Ponthong occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ponthong reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Ponthong is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 415,520. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 35 percent live, Udon Thani Province, where 24 percent live and Bangkok, where 11 percent live. Beside Thailand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 1 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
- 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 Ponthong
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