da Fontoura Surname

137,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

da Fontoura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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da Fontoura Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3,1911:67,0872,501
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Uruguay221:155,98913,535
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

da Fontoura Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Fontoura Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name da Fontoura is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Fontoura? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 137,827th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,243,012 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of da Fontoura live; 100 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.

da Fontoura is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 3,191 people, or 1 in 67,087. In Brazil da Fontoura is mostly concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 84 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 4 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Brazil it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 1 percent are found and Uruguay, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dafontoura955/
da Fontora954/
da Fontura951/
de Fontoura9147/
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da Fontouro911/
do Fontoura911/
de Fontora861/
da Ventura76129/
da Vantura761/
da Aventura731/
Divantura707/
de Font-R704/
Devantour701/
Daventura701/
di Ventura67505/
de Ventura67208/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to da Fontoura
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