Ponthou Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Ponthou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 164 | 1:405,017 | 59,459 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ponthou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ponthou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ponthou occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ponthou.
How Common Is The Last Name Ponthou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Ponthou live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 405,017. In France it is mostly found in: Pays de la Loire, where 52 percent live, Brittany, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Not including France Ponthou is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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 Ponthou
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