Pönitz Surname
Approximately 794 people bear this surname
Pönitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 750 | 1:107,341 | 13,260 |
| Austria | 35 | 1:243,298 | 28,936 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Ponitz (314) are calculated separately.
Pönitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pönitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pönitz is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Ponitz. Click here for further potential spellings of Pönitz.
How Common Is The Last Name Pönitz? popularity and diffusion
Pönitz is the 433,161st most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 9,178,269 people. The surname Pönitz is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pönitz are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 750 people, or 1 in 107,341. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 62 percent are found, Hesse, where 8 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 4 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponitz | 94 | 314 | / |
| Pöniz | 91 | 6 | / |
| Panitz | 83 | 2,202 | / |
| Penitz | 83 | 65 | / |
| Pönitzsch | 80 | 141 | / |
| Paneitz | 77 | 157 | / |
| Poenitz | 77 | 71 | / |
| Panaitz | 77 | 40 | / |
| Panietz | 77 | 20 | / |
| Paenitz | 77 | 14 | / |
| Pahnitz | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pannitz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pohnitz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pöhnitzsch | 75 | 31 | / |
| Pönitzsche | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phönitzsch | 75 | 1 | / |
| Paniz | 73 | 1,306 | / |
| Peniz | 73 | 91 | / |
| Poniz | 73 | 66 | / |
| Panneitz | 71 | 127 | / |
| Pönitsch | 71 | 20 | / |
| Panheitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponneitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pannaitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paniez | 67 | 327 | / |
| Panitzsch | 67 | 51 | / |
| Panetz | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ponetz | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ponitzsch | 67 | 9 | / |
| Penits | 67 | 8 | / |
| Panits | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ponicz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ponytz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Penhiz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Panizz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pheniz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Penetz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peniez | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pönitz
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