Ponce

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.

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Ponce is also recorded as 7 other names, 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 Poncé, Ponce', Pöncë, Poncè, Póncé

• French surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Poncé, Pöncë, Pōnce, Pôncè, Ponçe

• Portuguese surname7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, Philippines, United States

  Also written Ponçe, Poncë, Pónce, Póncé, Pönçê

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Pónce, Poncé, Ponçe

• Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Egypt, Spain

  Languages: Arabic, Maltese

  Also written Pöncë

• Lao surname12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Poncé, ปอนเซ, Pónce, Póncé, Pònce

• Italian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Peru, Philippines

  Also written Ponçe, Pöńčë, Poncé, Pónce, Pöncë

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Ponce is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Manuel Mari'a, Mexican composer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, city, Puerto Rico

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Nacido en quinto lugar

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Italian, punch (beverage)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, pumice

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• José María Vargasb. 1786VEnot in their usual namePresident of Venezuela from 1835–1836
• Manuel María Ponceb. 1886MXMexican composer (1886–1948)
• Pere Ponceb. 1964ESSpanish actor
• Carlos Ponceb. 1972USPuerto Rican actor
• Waldo Ponceb. 1982CLChilean footballer
• Marco Pappab. 1987GTnot in their usual nameGuatemalan footballer
• Miguel Ángel Ponceb. 1989MXMexican association football player
• Denia Caballerob. 1990CUnot in their usual nameCuban discus thrower
• Michelle Veintimillab. 1992USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Ezequiel Ponceb. 1997ARArgentine association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Ponce mean, and where does it come from?

A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Ponce?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /ˈponse/ (Wiktionary); in English /pɒns/ (Wiktionary).

In which country does Ponce have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 166 thousand people named Ponce in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ponce.

How common is the name Ponce?

In Argentina, the national register counted 102,331 people named Ponce, about 1 in 444 residents.

How common is Ponce compared with other names?

In Mexico, Ponce is the 112th most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.