Ponts'eng Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Ponts'eng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ponts'eng 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
Lesotho331:61,5938,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ponts'eng (53) may also be a first name.

Ponts'eng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponts'eng is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponts'eng? popularity and diffusion

Ponts'eng is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ponts'eng reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 53 people.

It is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 61,593. In Lesotho it is most common in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 64 percent live, Maseru District, where 24 percent live and Mohale's Hoek District, where 9 percent live. Excluding Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 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
Pontseng9481/
Pontsheng891/
Pont'seng891/
Pontsen881/
Pantseng821/
Pontzen75358/
Ponceng7519/
Pondsen751/
Pantsen750/
Pondsend710/
Ponzen6717/
Poncen676/
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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 Ponts'eng
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