The Poncelet surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 287 people carried this name — #64,750 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,798 people named Poncelet live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,387 people named Poncelet.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Ardennes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Poncelet live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Poncelet.
- Pommier 625 · U.S. census
- Pompa 3,537 · U.S. census
- Pompei 491 · U.S. census
- Pompey 2,339 · U.S. census
- Pon 1,298 · U.S. census
- Ponce 35,400 · U.S. census
- Poncet 103 · U.S. census
- Poncin 163 · U.S. census
- Poncy 108 · U.S. census
- Pone 459 · U.S. census
- Pons 2,129 · U.S. census
- Ponson 199 · U.S. census
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