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ponce Name Meaning and History

Spanish and French: from the medieval personal name Ponce, ultimately from Pontius, a Roman family name of uncertain origin, perhaps an ethnic name for someone from Pontus (named with Greek pontos ‘ocean’) in Asia Minor, or an Italic cognate of Latin Quintus ‘fifth’ (i.e. ‘fifth-born’). The name was borne by two 3rd-century saints, a Carthaginian deacon and a martyr of Nice, but was not widely popular in the Middle Ages because of the inhibiting influence of the even more famous Pontius Pilate. In some cases, though, the surname may have been originally used for someone who had played the part of this character in a religious play.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ponce Families in the US in 1920
Number of ponce families
 36-70
 13-35		 1-12
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Ponce in Calif. bentfeather 2
Most Ponce history angelman0013 0
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Candelaria Ponce born about 1816 Chihuahua, Mexico maryt413 0
MANUEL PONCE ALVIDREZ & ANTONIA GANDARA RIVERA??? coronadoclan 0
family from jualica ponce, francisco 2
info on charlie ponce in fl. NICHOLS 1
PONCE Mark A. Young 20
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