The Poncin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 163 people carried this name — #102,173 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,144 people named Poncin 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 1,006 people named Poncin.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 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
23 people named Poncin live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Poncin.
- Pompei 491 · U.S. census
- Pompey 2,339 · U.S. census
- Pon 1,298 · U.S. census
- Ponce 35,400 · U.S. census
- Poncelet 287 · U.S. census
- Poncet 103 · U.S. census
- Poncy 108 · U.S. census
- Pone 459 · U.S. census
- Pons 2,129 · U.S. census
- Ponson 199 · U.S. census
- Pont 526 · U.S. census
- Ponte 2,465 · U.S. census
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