Pontoan Surname

482,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Pontoan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pontoan 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
Indonesia6871:192,50218,363
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Pontoan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pontoan occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontoan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 482,629th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,561,661 people. Pontoan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Pontoan reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname Pontoan is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 687 people, or 1 in 192,502. In Indonesia Pontoan is most frequent in: North Sulawesi, where 76 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 11 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 6 percent live. Beside Indonesia Pontoan occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 0 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 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
Pontohan9317/
Pontoane931/
Pontouang881/
Pantoan8655/
Puntoan868/
Pantohan80124/
Pontauon801/
Phantoan801/
Puntohan801/
Pontouong754/
Panthohan751/
Panteuan674/
Pantohon671/
Pantahom531/
Phantahom504/
Panthahom502/
Punthahom501/
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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 Pontoan
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