Pontier
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Frequency: (136)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French and Dutch: occupational name for a toll keeper on a bridge, from an agent derivative of pont ‘bridge’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 6%; French 5%. Francisco, Mercedes, Osvaldo, Ramon, Roberto; Jean-Pierre, Pierre.
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