Pond
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Pond is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: dweller by the pond; first attested William del Pond 1190 BuryS (Sf).
- USUnited States1 in 37K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 38K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 55Kas Pon
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pond itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 325 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
9,052 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Dominica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Pon in PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom, MY Malaysia and 폰 in KR South Korea.
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)
dweller by the pond; first attested William del Pond 1190 BuryS (Sf)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pond 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 9,052 | 1 in 37K | 9.1K | Pond | 325 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 2.4K | Pon | 134 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 55K | listed | Pon | 38 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Pon | 25 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Pond | 86 |
| LS Lesotho | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 1 | — | 1 |
| DM Dominica | — | 66 | 1 in 1.1K | 66 | — | 1 |
| KR South Korea | #845 | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | 폰 | 8 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 4 | 1 in 13K | 4 | — | 2 |
9,052 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026; Lesotho IEC 2022 National Assembly candidate lists. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Pond 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, able person (perhaps also sometimes given ironically to a beside a pond or lake, from ME pond enclosed expanse of 498 Ponomaryov water, especially a man-made one (an altered form of Pound). Var.: Ponder.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, beside a pond or lake, from ME pond enclosed expanse of water, especially a man-made one (an altered form of Pound). Var.: Ponder.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, person who lives beside a pond or lake.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In English, pdla, popa, nja
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
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)
- Arthur Pondb. 1705GBEnglish artist (c.1705–1758)
- John Pondb. 1767GBBritish astronomer
- Edward B. Pondb. 1833USAmerican politician
- Irving Kane Pondb. 1857USarchitect, college athlete, author (1857-1939)
- Paul Jonesb. 1942GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer, actor, harmonica player, radio personality and television presenter (born 1942)
- Tony Pondb. 1945GBRally driver, two-time podium finisher in World Rally Championship events (1945-2002)
- Chris Pondb. 1952GBBritish politician (born 1952)
- Nathan Pondb. 1985GBassociation football player (born 1985)
- Sierra Pondactress
- Brenda PondUSAmerican actress
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 13 countries.
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Pond mean, and where does it come from?
- dweller by the pond; first attested William del Pond 1190 BuryS (Sf) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Pond have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 9.1 thousand people named Pond, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pond.
- Where is Pond most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Pond is densest in Dominica — about 1 in 1.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Pond?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,052 people named Pond in 2010, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Pond compared with other names?
- In South Korea, Pond is the 845th most common surname of 14,133 surnames recorded there.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pondThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Pond” — the 845th most common surname in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.