Fanting Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Fanting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fanting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India191:40,371,862445,856
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

Fanting (4,275) may also be a first name.

Fanting Last Name Facts

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

Fanting (Marathi: फंटींग) is found most in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fanting? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Fanting live; 49 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 105,894th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 4,275 people.

It is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India Fanting is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent are found. Not including India Fanting is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fanthing930/
Fantin9212,415/
Fantina86328/
Vanting86105/
Fanteng8650/
Fanttin863/
Fantion862/
Fantien861/
Fauntin860/
Faintin860/
Fantn832/
Fantinne802/
Founting801/
Fontin77638/
Vantin77517/
Fantim77471/
Fantyn774/
Fantín774/
Fanten773/
Fantinova752/
Faundtion751/
Fontijn71773/
Fontina7135/
Vantien7122/
Fonteng7113/
Fountin7110/
Vonting715/
Fontien713/
Fainten713/
Vantijn712/
Fontuin711/
Fontion711/
Vaintin711/
Vanthin711/
Phantng711/
Fantyna711/
Faanten710/
Phachenting67100/
Phamting678/
Phanthin674/
Vanthien673/
Phantien673/
Fointint672/
Founteng671/
Feunteng671/
Fontinne671/
Fountion671/
Fountien671/
Fountuin670/
Pfanteen670/

Fanting Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fanting in the Marathi language
फंटींगphantinga-

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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 Fanting
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