Pönkkä Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Pönkkä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 145 | 1:37,908 | 4,850 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
The alternate forms: Ponkka (9) are calculated separately.
Pönkkä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pönkkä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pönkkä is found in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Ponkka. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pönkkä? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,428,594th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Pönkkä is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pönkkä reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 37,908. In Finland Pönkkä is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 27 percent reside, Päijänne Tavastia, where 18 percent reside and Central Finland, where 11 percent reside. Other than Finland this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Pönkkä
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