Pontiff Surname

441,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 775 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pontiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7701:470,72640,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Pontiff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontiff is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pontiff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontiff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pontiff is the 441,383rd most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,403,285 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pontiff reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 770 people, or 1 in 470,726. In The United States it is most numerous in: Louisiana, where 65 percent are found, Texas, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 4 percent are found. Excluding The United States Pontiff is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Pontiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pontiff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,453 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pontiff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pontiff last name are 26.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.36% being registered to vote for the party.

Pontiff earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.93% more than the national average, earning $47,004 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pontiffe938/
Pointiff931/
Pontif9288/
Pontife8645/
Pontisf861/
Pontifs861/
Pantiff860/
Pontef771/
Pontiev711/
Pantib6226/
Pontev621/
Ponteev5718/
Pantiev5715/
Ponteva5712/
Phantib571/
Pontesv571/
Pantiew571/
Panthibh531/
Phanthiph501/

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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 Pontiff
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