Pontious Surname

233,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,725 people bear this surname

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

Pontious Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pontious Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7011:213,08620,798
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4521:111,10311,052

Pontious (155) may also be a first name.

Pontious Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontious is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontious? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pontious is the 233,723rd most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,224,664 people. The last name Pontious occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pontious live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pontious is also the 738,219th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 155 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,701 people, or 1 in 213,086. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 14 percent live, Missouri, where 9 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and The United States Virgin Islands, where 0 percent live.

Pontious Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pontious has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pontious last name grew 376 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pontious Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pontious last name are 23.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pontious earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.61% more than the national average, earning $45,569 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $47,268 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pentius804/
Pentieosh710/
Pentéus679/
Pintéus674/
Pentjuss6355/
Pintayos636/
Pentyush631/
Pentyushova531/
Pintyushova531/
Pyndyus531/

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Pontious Reference & Research

Pontius FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Pontious
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis