Pontikos Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Pontikos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontikos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1261:87,93514,872
United States971:3,736,690206,520
Cyprus281:31,6033,400
England81:6,964,757184,742
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Pontikos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontikos occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontikos? popularity and diffusion

Pontikos is the 953,750th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Pontikos are found; 56 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 56 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Greece, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 87,935. In Greece Pontikos is most frequent in: Attica, where 61 percent live, North Aegean, where 25 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 13 percent live. Not including Greece this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent live and Cyprus, where 10 percent live.

Pontikos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pontikos last name are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Pontikos earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 450.9% more than the national average, earning R 1,309,140 per year and in United States they earn 4.57% more than the national average, earning $45,123 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pontikas88372/
Pontikou88144/
Ponticos8823/
Pontikus8810/
Pantiskos8231/
Pontico80208/
Pontika80184/
Pantiko801/
Ponticas7538/
Ponticus7510/
Panthiko754/
Pontoyko751/
Pantiskas7181/
Pantiskou715/
Pantishko711/
Pontica6798/
Pantika6743/
Pantico672/
Panteko671/
Panthika6321/
Pantiska637/
Pantekas636/
Pointeka633/
Pantaika633/
Pantitka631/
Pontesca631/
Pontecot630/
Ponticaud5943/
Pantoikga591/
Pantecost590/
Pantica5340/
Panteco5321/
Panteka5317/
Pantesco5049/
Pantesca507/

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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 Pontikos
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