Fantoft Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Fantoft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fantoft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway371:138,98117,684
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fantoft Last Name Facts

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

Fantoft occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fantoft? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Fantoft reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Fantoft is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 138,981. In Norway it is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 57 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 38 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 5 percent are found. Other than Norway this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 7 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Fantoft Last Name Statistics demography

Fantoft earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 25.9% more than the national average, earning 435,708 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fantof924/
Vanntoft806/
Vanthoft801/
Fantov77159/
Fantow7712/
Fantob770/
Fantova71462/
Vanthof71335/
Vontoft711/
Fontoff711/
Vanthoff67107/
Van'thof6720/
Van'thoff631/
Fantaw626,451/
Vantov6254/
Fantav624/
Fontov623/
Fontova57585/
Phantow571/
Vonthoff535/
Vanthaaf531/
Vanthaaff502/

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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 Fantoft
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