Pontovich Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Pontovich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pontovich 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
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Pontovich Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pontovich (Russian: Понтович) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pontovich? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pontovich is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Pontovich live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 36,030,764. In Russia Pontovich is most numerous in: Moscow, where 50 percent live, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 25 percent live and Novgorod Oblast, where 25 percent live. Excluding Russia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 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
Pontovic941/
Pantovich89127/
Pontevich891/
Puntovich891/
Pantovic82286/
Pantevich7816/
Pantowich7815/
Pontavice7810/
Pantovici786/
Pontovy751/
Panteevich741/
Pantović715,724/
Pontovoy712/
Pantovič712/
Pantoviy711/
Pantowicz671/
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Pontovich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pontovich in the Russian language
Понтовичpontovic-

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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 Pontovich
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