Fonek Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Fonek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fonek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Fonek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fonek (Russian: Фонек) is more frequently found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Fonek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fonek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Fonek are found; 56 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 44 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Poland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,502,187. Besides Poland it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 22 percent reside and Belgium, where 11 percent reside.

Fonek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fonek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fonek last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foneck911/
Fongek911/
Foneke911/
Fenek80744/
Funek80178/
Fanek80150/
Fonik8066/
Fonex8013/
Foneg802/
Vonek800/
Feneck73393/
Foniok73195/
Faneke7336/
Phonek7333/
Voneck7311/
Faneck7310/
Fonick737/
Fonike735/
Funeck735/
Funeke732/
Fonesq731/
Founik731/
Fuhnek731/
Fomnik731/
Phongek6786/
Fosnick6739/
Vojniek6730/
Fonkova6710/
Faneske674/
Feuneck673/
Fonique673/
Vonheck673/
Voneikh673/
Fonegue671/
Foniock671/
Fomnykh671/
Phoneak671/
Fonigue671/
Fanneks670/
Feneick670/
Fanneck670/
Fauneck670/
Feneyck670/
Faneyck670/

Fonek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fonek in the Russian language
Фонекfonek-

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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 Fonek
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