Fantur Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Austria

Fantur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fantur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1221:1,451,99055,913
Austria1031:82,67412,370
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

Fantur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fantur has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fantur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fantur is the 1,048,281st most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. Fantur occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Fantur live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 97 percent live, Adamawa, where 1 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 43 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fanture922/
Fantour921/
Vantur83196/
Fantor834/
Fontur832/
Fanturová8031/
Fanturova801/
Vantuir7720/
Vanteur772/
Faintor770/
Fontaurz711/
Vontur6759/
Vântur6729/
Fontor6710/
Fantúrová673/
Vontour6223/
Feintor621/
Fountor620/

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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 Fantur
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