Pontos Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Pontos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 159 | 1:126,276 | 13,849 |
| Hungary | 28 | 1:350,581 | 25,143 |
| Cyprus | 26 | 1:34,034 | 3,767 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Pontoş (44), Pontoș (4) & Pontoś (1) are calculated separately.
Pontos (37) may also be a first name.
Pontos Demographics
Average Pontos Salary in
United States
$25,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pontos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pontos (Russian: Понтос) occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Pontoş, Pontoș or Pontoś. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontos? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pontos is the 827,165th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname Pontos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Pontos live; 59 percent live in Eastern Europe and 47 percent live in Romanian Europe. Pontos is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname Pontos is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 126,276. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bihor County, where 95 percent live, Timiș County, where 3 percent live and Bacău County, where 1 percent live. Other than Romania this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 8 percent live and Cyprus, where 8 percent live.
Pontos Last Name Statistics demography
Pontos earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.77% less than the national average, earning $25,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pontos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pontos in the Russian language | ||
| Понтос | pontos | - |
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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 Pontos
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