Ponti surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ponti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 402 people carried this name — #51,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 14% from 466 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,200 people named Ponti 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 574
Mendoza 158
City of Buenos Aires 128
Córdoba 82
Entre Ríos 71
Santa Fe 59
San Luis 32
Santiago del Estero 29

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

383 people named Ponti live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 218
Geneva 33
Vaud 29
Zurich 20
Bern 19
Basel-Landschaft 19
Aargau 12
Lucerne 9

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 160 people named Ponti.

45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 45
Alpes-Maritimes 16
Bouches-du-Rhône 12
La Réunion 12
Paris 10
Tarn-et-Garonne 9
Haut-Rhin 7
Var 5
Yvelines 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Ponti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlo Ponti
    Carlo Ponti 1820–1893 · photographer
  • Carlo Ponti
    Carlo Ponti 1823–1893 · photographer
  • Ettore Ponti
    Ettore Ponti 1855–1919 · politician
  • Mario Ponti d. 1915 · military personnel
  • Carlo Ponti d. 1916 · military personnel
  • Diana Ponti 1500– · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Ponti.

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