des Fontaines Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

des Fontaines Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

des 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
France201:3,321,136213,627
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

des Fontaines Last Name Facts

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

des Fontaines is found most in France. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 4,034,050th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of des Fontaines live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most common in France, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 3,321,136. In France des Fontaines is primarily found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 65 percent live, Île-de-France, where 15 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 5 percent live. Barring France it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

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 Fontaines96135/
des Fontaine9636/
de Fontaine9261/
de Fontanes924/
de Fontanges8831/
Des-Fontaine881/
De-Fontaine835/
de Fontange831/
de Fountane830/
de Fonteynes8031/
de Fontana7818/
de Fonteyne7512/
de Fonteney753/
de Fontenay67366/
da Fontinha671/
De-Fontenay581/
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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 des Fontaines
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