Ponts Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Ponts Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'bridge' in Latin, from pons or pontis. It comes from Catalonia or Balear in Spain.

Ponts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Ukraine531:858,91984,338
France161:4,151,420237,746
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Ponts (10) may also be a first name.

Ponts Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'bridge' in Latin, from pons or pontis. It comes from Catalonia or Balear in Spain.

- pomarpc

Ponts Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponts (Russian: Понц) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponts? popularity and diffusion

Ponts is the 1,295,379th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Ponts is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Ponts live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 10 people.

The last name Ponts is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 5,034,152. In The United States Ponts is primarily concentrated in: California, where 86 percent reside, Oregon, where 4 percent reside and Alaska, where 3 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 30 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.

Ponts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ponts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ponts last name rose 185 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ponts Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ponts last name are 32.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.21% registered to vote for the political party.

Ponts earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.49% more than the national average, earning $46,811 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Points911,357/
Poynts9135/
Phonts919/
Pounts911/
Pontse911/
Pfonts910/
Pont8916,526/
Pontsch831/
Phontsh831/
Ponte8037,837/
Point808,751/
Ponds801,602/
Pontz80383/
Pondt80125/
Pontt80109/
Pount8066/
Ponth8024/
Pfont8017/
Phont809/
Pants805/
Pontø805/
Punts802/
Poont801/
Ponht801/
Puont801/
Pohynets7731/
Pontsova773/
Pounds7310,189/
Pointe73756/
Poyntz73726/
Poinet73214/
Potent73111/
Poonte7349/
Pocent7319/
Pantse7317/
Puntsh7313/
Pointz739/
Phuont738/
Ponthe738/
Pontte736/
Poynte736/
Posent733/
Poinds733/
Pointt732/
Phants732/
Puonds732/
Phonth732/
Phoncs732/
Pfants731/
Ponnte731/
Pponte731/
Pounte731/
Pointh731/
Poonds731/
Pontze731/
Pontch730/
Pfontz730/
Pountz730/
Pfonte730/
Ponnds730/
Poentz730/
Pant6748,959/
Pond6719,464/
Potente673,635/
Ponz671,271/
Ponc67192/
Posente67133/
Pfountz6783/
Phantse6770/
Pocente6722/
Pánt6714/
Pontová678/
Pontova678/
Pantsch673/
Puntsch672/
D'Ponte672/
Pacents672/
Possent672/
Ponç671/
Phonthe671/
Patents671/
Pontowa671/
Pantshe671/
Pottent670/
Pfontte670/
Poyntze670/

Ponts Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ponts in the Russian language
Понцponc-

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