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    The surname Ponce

    A surname, carried by 49,549 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P520

    Ponce: #695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Ponce #695, 49,549 people Ponce: #695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ponce #695, 49,549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ponce is more common than 99.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 49,549 people named Ponce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,231 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,400.

    #695
    rank among US surnames
    49,549
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40%
    change since 2000 (was #895)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #686Grimes50,2456,145
    #687Arellano50,1046,162
    #688Melton50,0696,166
    #689O'Neill50,0286,171
    #690Savage49,9146,186
    #691Ho49,8176,198
    #692Beltran49,7766,203

    Who is named Ponce

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Ponce identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ponces

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ezequiel Ponce
      Argentine association football player, born 1997
    • Lola Ponce
      Argentine singer, born 1982
    • José Daniel Ponce
      Argentine footballer, born 1962
    • María Ponce
      Argentine social activist, 1924–1977
    • Ramón Héctor Ponce
      Argentine footballer (1948-2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ponce

    Ponce has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ponce?
    49,549 people in the United States had the surname Ponce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,231 Americans. It ranked 695th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ponce?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ponce identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ponce?
    Ezequiel Ponce, Argentine association football player, followed by Lola Ponce.
    Where is the surname Ponce most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ponce in Argentina.
    Is the surname Ponce getting more or less common?
    More common. 35,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,549 in 2010, up 40%.