Across the world, Pontso (Pontso 
) is quite a rare largely female, but infrequently male forename. The forename Pontso is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is quite a rare mostly female, but seldom male name. Much less frequently, Pontso is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Pontso | United Kingdom, South Africa, Lesotho, United States, India |
| pontso sekatle Mosotho politician, LS (b. 1957) |
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| pontso suzan matumelo sekatle Mosotho politician, LS |
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| pontso mafethe Activist for sex worker charity, ZW |
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