Pontikakis Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Pontikakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontikakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3291:33,6775,271
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Pontikakis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontikakis is most common in Greece. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontikakis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 807,857th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname Pontikakis is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Pontikakis are found; 95 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

Pontikakis is most frequently used in Greece, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 33,677. In Greece Pontikakis is most frequent in: Crete, where 50 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 19 percent are found and Attica, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Greece this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Pontikakis Last Name Statistics demography

Pontikakis earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.

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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 Pontikakis
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