Pöntynen Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Pöntynen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 218 | 1:25,214 | 3,469 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pontynen (40) are calculated separately.
Pöntynen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pöntynen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pöntynen occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Pontynen. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pöntynen.
How Common Is The Last Name Pöntynen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,088,856th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöntynen are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 25,214. In Finland it is most common in: Uusimaa, where 27 percent reside, Kymenlaakso, where 21 percent reside and Central Finland, where 11 percent reside. Besides Finland it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and Estonia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontynen | 96 | 40 | / |
| Pöntinen | 88 | 983 | / |
| Pöntönen | 88 | 5 | / |
| Pentynen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pönttinen | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pntinen | 80 | 9 | / |
| Pyontyunen | 78 | 1 | / |
| Puntanen | 75 | 174 | / |
| Pontinen | 75 | 112 | / |
| Pentinen | 75 | 94 | / |
| Pentonen | 75 | 22 | / |
| Puntonen | 75 | 10 | / |
| Pentanen | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pentunen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Penttinen | 71 | 4,353 | / |
| Penttonen | 71 | 92 | / |
| Pänttönen | 71 | 41 | / |
| Pantineni | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pantyunin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Puontinen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pentinena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantanena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pentinnen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pentineni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pentinent | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puntayanon | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pantiyanon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pantayanon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pentinin | 63 | 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 Pöntynen
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