Pontin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: An ATPase that is a component of telomerase

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/pɑntɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Pontin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 185K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 186K
  • ARArgentina1 in 700K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

1,145 people

Sources
87 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 185K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

An ATPase that is a component of telomerase

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pontin 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 Pontin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil1,1451 in 185K1.1K——
AR Argentina651 in 700K65——
FI Finland301 in 186K30——
BE Belgium71 in 1.7M7—3
ES Spain61 in 8.3M6—2
DK Denmark31 in 2M3——

1,145 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

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

  • Thai surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written ปอนถิ่น, Ponthin, ปอนถน

34 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Pontin is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, little Pont.

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • In Italian, forma reduzida ou apocopada de Pontini

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • In Finnish, genitive/accusative singular of pontti

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Breton, ponter, poser des pierres plates

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Magnus Jönsson Pontin, b. 1623Samuel Pontinus, b. 1658Constans Pontin, b. 1819David Magnus Pontin, b. 1836Alf Pontin, b. 1869Keith Pontin, b. 1956Jason Pontin, b. 1967

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Pontin,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Pontin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.1K#8,189
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—65—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#37,425
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20087#89,563
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—6#154,812
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—3#78,959

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pontin mean, and where does it come from?
An ATPase that is a component of telomerase Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Pontin?
A machine transcription gives /pɑntɪn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Pontin have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Pontin, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Pontin most common?
Pontin is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 185 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pontin?
In Brazil, the national register counted 1,145 people named Pontin, about 1 in 185 thousand residents.

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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, “Pontin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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