Pontneau Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Pontneau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pontneau Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1121:593,06078,954
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pontneau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontneau is found most in France. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontneau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Pontneau are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 593,060. In France Pontneau is mostly concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 74 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 16 percent live and Île-de-France, where 7 percent live. Outside of France this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in New Caledonia, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pontnau93143/
Pontnou8053/
Pontno711/
Pontnoy672/
Pantnou671/
Puntnou671/
Panthna671/
Patentna6318/
Phentno531/
Puntnoy530/

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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 Pontneau
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