Fants Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Fants Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fants Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Fants Last Name Facts

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

Fants (Russian: Фантс) is more frequently found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fants.

How Common Is The Last Name Fants? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fants is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Fants reside; 86 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,587,116. In Ukraine Fants is most frequent in: Volyn Oblast, where 83 percent live and Vinnytsia Oblast, where 17 percent live. Excluding Ukraine this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live.

Fants Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fants has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fants surname decreased 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fantse911/
Pfants911/
Faunts910/
Fant897,505/
Fainets831/
Fante802,506/
Faint801,500/
Fonts80763/
Faunt80555/
Fantz80276/
Fanth8064/
Vants8059/
Fandt8018/
Fantt8010/
Fands808/
Pfant800/
Faant800/
Pfantsch771/
Fantsova771/
Pfantz73290/
Pfante7344/
Faynet7331/
Pfandt7329/
Fainet7326/
Vaynts7317/
Faindt7316/
Fajndt7315/
Faunte737/
Vaints735/
Fauntz733/
Fainte732/
Phants732/
Fantch731/
Facent731/
Fahant731/
Fanthe731/
Fantze731/
Founts730/
Fanchs730/
Pfonts730/
Pfauntsch7199/
Font6732,892/
Fand674,684/
Vant672,861/
Fantová671,070/
Facente67612/
Fantova67462/
Fanz67328/
Phantse6770/
Fanc6767/
Fantche6735/
Vantsch6715/
Fainete6711/
Fontshe674/
Fasinte672/
Faynete672/
Famt672/
Faisent672/
Fainhet671/
Fontsse671/
Faintch671/
Fassint670/
Fandthe670/
Facinte670/
Pfantze670/

Fants Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fants in the Russian language
Фантсfants-

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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 Fants
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