Fauntain Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malawi

Fauntain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fauntain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

Fauntain (6) may also be a first name.

Fauntain Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fauntain is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fauntain? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 40 percent of Fauntain live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Fauntain is also the 4,967,096th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 6 people.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is primarily found in: Louisiana, where 50 percent live and Tennessee, where 50 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent live and Malawi, where 20 percent live.

Fauntain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fauntain has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fauntain surname declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Fauntain
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