Poñce

surname · Latin script

Poñce is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Latin pūmex (via a Late Latin pōmex).

rarermore common
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 329(inferred from the name graph)
  • ECEcuador1 in 340
  • ARArgentina1 in 444

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

102,331 people

#601 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
412 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 329 (inferred from the name graph)

Honduras, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PoñceLatin(measured from records)
ПонсеCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ponce in AR Argentina, PE Peru, US United States and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Latin pūmex (via a Late Latin pōmex).

Sources 1

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Poñce counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Poñce is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#59102,3311 in 444102KPonce137
EC Ecuador#4849,6941 in 34050KPonce94
US United States—49,5491 in 6.7K50KPonce412
PH Philippines#312≈45,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Ponce89
PE Peru#106≈40,000 est.≈1 in 801—Ponce120
HN Honduras#35≈28,000 est.≈1 in 329—Ponce62
CL Chile#126≈24,000 est.≈1 in 755—Ponce133

102,331 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Poñce is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Canada, Peru

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ponce, Poncé, Ponce', Pöncë, Poncè

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Poñce under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Poñce mean, and where does it come from?
From Latin pūmex (via a Late Latin pōmex). Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Poñce have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 102 thousand people named Poñce, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ponce.
How common is the name Poñce?
In Argentina, the national register counted 102,331 people named Poñce, about 1 in 444 residents.
How common is Poñce compared with other names?
In Argentina, Poñce is the 59th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Poñce” — the 59th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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