Pönkkö Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Pönkkö Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 96 | 1:57,257 | 6,719 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
The alternate forms: Ponkko (1) are calculated separately.
Pönkkö Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pönkkö Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pönkkö is found in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Ponkko. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pönkkö? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pönkkö is the 1,860,621st most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pönkkö are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most numerous in Finland, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 57,257. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 72 percent are found, Satakunta, where 15 percent are found and Central Finland, where 5 percent are found. Beside Finland this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, 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 Pönkkö
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