Ponce surname meaning

Ponce is chiefly a Spanish surname from the medieval personal name Ponce, associated with Latin Pontius and Romance forms such as Pons. The popular “ocean” gloss belongs to a proposed interpretation of Pontius or the Greek word pontos, not a literal description of every Ponce family. Pons and Ponse are useful regional or historical comparisons, while Pontius is the older learned form. Since the surname-level route through a personal name is well established, the catalog uses parent’s name with high confidence.