de Fontaines Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

de Fontaines Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Fontaines 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
France1341:495,69269,430
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Fontaines Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Fontaines Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Fontaines has its highest incidence in France. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Fontaines? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Fontaines is the 1,537,949th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name de Fontaines occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of de Fontaines reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 495,692. In France de Fontaines is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 55 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 22 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 7 percent are found. Apart from France it is found in one country. It is also found in Spain, 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
de Fontaine9661/
des Fontaines9624/
de Fontanes964/
des Fontaine9236/
de Fontanges9231/
De-Fontaine875/
de Fontange871/
de Fountane870/
de Fonteynes8331/
Des-Fontaine831/
de Fontana8218/
de Fonteyne7812/
de Fonteney783/
de Fontenay70366/
da Fontinha701/
De-Fontenay611/
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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 de Fontaines
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