Pontion Surname
Approximately 673 people bear this surname
Pontion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 673 | 1:78,665 | 8,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Pontion (18) may also be a first name.
Pontion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pontion is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontion? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 491,715th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,828,449 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pontion are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 18 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 673 people, or 1 in 78,665. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 87 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 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 Pontion
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