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 last name Pontious is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pontious click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontious? popularity and diffusion

It is the 233,723rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,224,664 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 155 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 1,701 people, or 1 in 213,086. In The United States Pontious is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 14 percent reside, Missouri, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and The United States Virgin Islands, where 0 percent reside.

Pontious Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pontious has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pontious surname increased 376 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pontious Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pontious surname are 23.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.57% 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