Pontinha Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Pontinha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontinha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1701:61,2843,295
France661:1,006,405112,047
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pontinha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontinha is held by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontinha? popularity and diffusion

It is the 956,400th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. Pontinha is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Pontinha live; 62 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 62 percent live in Iberian Europe.

Pontinha is most widely held in Portugal, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 61,284. Without taking into account Portugal Pontinha occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 24 percent are found and Brazil, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pontinhas944/
Pontina9358/
Pontinho886/
Phontina881/
Pontino802,336/
Pantina801,756/
Pontini801,241/
Pontine8073/
Pontena804/
Puntina803/
Pontines75236/
Pontinez7546/
Panthina7527/
Pantinas7520/
Pantinaj7513/
Pantinat755/
Pontaine753/
Pontinis751/
Pontinio751/
Pontenia751/
Pantinya751/
Pontenay750/
Potentine71173/
Pontignie7139/
Phanthina7125/
Pantuhina714/
Posentino711/
Pocentino711/
Pountigni711/
Pantino671,705/
Pantini67382/
Possentini6747/
Puntini6745/
Pantyna6730/
Pantena6724/
Pantuna6717/
Puntino6717/
Ponteno6716/
Pantine674/
Pantiny673/
Pamtina671/
Pontene671/
Ponteni671/
Puntiña671/
Passintina671/
Ponteny670/
Pottentine670/

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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 Pontinha
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