How common is the surname Pontes?

1,127 people in the United States had the surname Pontes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,953 Americans. It ranked 22,733rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pontes?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Pontes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pontes?

Irmã Dulce Pontes, Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister (1914-1992), followed by Tabata Amaral.

Where is the surname Pontes most common?

Wikidata records people named Pontes in Brazil.

Is the surname Pontes getting more or less common?

More common. 991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,127 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Pontes

A surname, carried by 1,127 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pontes is more common than 86% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,127 people named Pontes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,953 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 991.

#22,733

rank among US surnames

1,127

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,815)

Who is named Pontes

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

81% of people named Pontes identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Two or more races 4.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pontess

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Irmã Dulce Pontes
Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister (1914-1992)
Tabata Amaral
Brazilian political scientist, astrophysicist, activist, politician and Federal Representa, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pontes

Pontes has the Soundex code P532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P532.

Questions

How common is the surname Pontes?: 1,127 people in the United States had the surname Pontes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,953 Americans. It ranked 22,733rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pontes?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Pontes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pontes?: Irmã Dulce Pontes, Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister (1914-1992), followed by Tabata Amaral.
Where is the surname Pontes most common?: Wikidata records people named Pontes in Brazil.
Is the surname Pontes getting more or less common?: More common. 991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,127 in 2010, up 14%.