Fonai Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Fonai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 147 | 1:136,584 | 14,745 |
| Hungary | 106 | 1:92,606 | 9,092 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fónai (203) & Fònai (1) are calculated separately.
Fonai (16) may also be a first name.
Fonai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonai (Hindi: फोनई) is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Fónai or Fònai. For other potential spellings of Fonai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 933,049th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Fonai are found; 90 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 52 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 16 people.
The last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 136,584. In Romania Fonai is mostly concentrated in: Maramureș County, where 69 percent reside, Bihor County, where 30 percent reside and Cluj County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Romania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 38 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fonai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fonai in the Hindi language | ||
| फोनई | phona'i | 80 |
| फोनाी | phonai | 20 |
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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
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- 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 Fonai
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