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) occurs most in Ukraine. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Fants click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fants? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Fants is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Fants live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,587,116. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Volyn Oblast, where 83 percent are found and Vinnytsia Oblast, where 17 percent are found. Barring Ukraine it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Fants Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fants has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held 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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