Pöntinen Surname
Approximately 983 people bear this surname
Pöntinen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 928 | 1:5,923 | 929 |
| Sweden | 42 | 1:234,447 | 16,276 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Pontinen (112) are calculated separately.
Pöntinen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pöntinen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pöntinen occurs more in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Pontinen. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pöntinen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 366,594th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 7,413,577 people. Pöntinen is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöntinen are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Pöntinen is most frequently held in Finland, where it is borne by 928 people, or 1 in 5,923. In Finland Pöntinen is mostly concentrated in: Southern Savonia, where 26 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 21 percent reside and Southern Ostrobothnia, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Finland this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontinen | 96 | 112 | / |
| Pönttinen | 94 | 2 | / |
| Pntinen | 93 | 9 | / |
| Pöntynen | 88 | 226 | / |
| Pentinen | 88 | 94 | / |
| Pöntönen | 88 | 5 | / |
| Penttinen | 82 | 4,353 | / |
| Pantineni | 82 | 4 | / |
| Pentinnen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pentinent | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pentineni | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pentinena | 82 | 1 | / |
| Puontinen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pintiniene | 78 | 1 | / |
| Puntanen | 75 | 174 | / |
| Pontynen | 75 | 40 | / |
| Pentonen | 75 | 22 | / |
| Bontinen | 75 | 13 | / |
| Puntonen | 75 | 10 | / |
| Pentanen | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pantinin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pentynen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pentunen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pentinin | 75 | 1 | / |
| binti Nen | 71 | 266 | / |
| Penttonen | 71 | 92 | / |
| Pänttönen | 71 | 41 | / |
| Pandineni | 71 | 34 | / |
| Benttinen | 71 | 33 | / |
| Bantineni | 71 | 16 | / |
| Penttinan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puntinuan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puntinoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pandinene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantanena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pentinani | 71 | 1 | / |
| bin Tinen | 71 | 1 | / |
| binti Anen | 67 | 30 | / |
| binti Noen | 67 | 25 | / |
| binti Nein | 67 | 12 | / |
| binti Neni | 67 | 11 | / |
| binti Enen | 67 | 9 | / |
| binti Naen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pandhineni | 67 | 3 | / |
| binti Onen | 67 | 2 | / |
| binti Unen | 67 | 2 | / |
| binti Inen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pundinienė | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pantiyanon | 67 | 2 | / |
| binti Nenu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buntinienė | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pontiniano | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pyontyunen | 67 | 1 | / |
| binti Neny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bantineeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pandinneni | 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
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- 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 Pöntinen
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