The Pontes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,127 people carried this name — #22,733 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 14% from 991 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 247 people named Pontes live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
163 people named Pontes live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Pontes.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Pontes in American newspapers,
1921–1939.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,894 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pontes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Irmã Dulce Pontes 1914–1992 · teacher -
Roberto Pontes 1944– · writer -
Marcos Pontes 1963– · astronaut -
Ann Pontes 1966– · lawyer -
Dulce Pontes 1969– · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 37 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pontes.
- Pone 509 · U.S. census
- Pons 2,384 · U.S. census
- Ponson 199 · U.S. census
- Pont 502 · U.S. census
- Ponte 2,924 · U.S. census
- Pontello 207 · U.S. census
- Ponthier 269 · U.S. census
- Ponthieux 403 · U.S. census
- Ponti 402 · U.S. census
- Ponticelli 306 · U.S. census
- Pontier 419 · U.S. census
- Pontillo 679 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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