Pontoy Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Pontoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 315 | 1:321,391 | 44,592 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pontoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pontoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pontoy is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pontoy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pontoy is the 818,364th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name Pontoy is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Pontoy are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 321,391. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Western Visayas, where 37 percent are found, Eastern Visayas, where 14 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 11 percent are found. Besides The Philippines Pontoy exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Pontoy
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