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
The last name Pontos (Russian: Понтос) is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Pontoş, Pontoș or Pontoś. Click here for further possible spellings of Pontos.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 827,165th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Pontos reside; 59 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 47 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Pontos is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 37 people.
The surname Pontos is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 126,276. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bihor County, where 95 percent reside, Timiș County, where 3 percent reside and Bacău County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Romania this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 8 percent reside and Cyprus, where 8 percent reside.
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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