Pontoreau Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Pontoreau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
Pontoreau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontoreau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pontoreau occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontoreau? popularity and diffusion
Pontoreau is the 2,876,555th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Pontoreau is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Pontoreau live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 1,581,493. In France it is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 60 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 33 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 5 percent reside. Apart from France Pontoreau exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponthoreau | 95 | 311 | / |
| Pontoireau | 95 | 28 | / |
| Pontereau | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pointereau | 84 | 217 | / |
| Pontoura | 82 | 7 | / |
| Pontara | 75 | 505 | / |
| Pontura | 75 | 121 | / |
| Pontera | 75 | 48 | / |
| Pantora | 75 | 11 | / |
| Pontoro | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pantoras | 71 | 34 | / |
| Pantorra | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ponteera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponturat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponturas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantoura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phonthura | 67 | 219 | / |
| Phonthara | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pantouras | 67 | 6 | / |
| Phonteera | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pantotrah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puntoorat | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pontoreau
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