Font Surname
Approximately 32,892 people bear this surname
Font Surname Definition:
Found in Catalonia and Majorca, name means main or principal.
Catalan name. One branch in the Balearic Islands.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 17,449 | 1:2,679 | 314 |
| France | 3,513 | 1:18,908 | 2,141 |
| United States | 2,445 | 1:148,245 | 15,284 |
| Cuba | 2,277 | 1:5,060 | 581 |
| Argentina | 2,152 | 1:19,862 | 1,676 |
| Venezuela | 996 | 1:30,325 | 1,852 |
| Andorra | 774 | 1:108 | 10 |
| Dominican Republic | 501 | 1:20,824 | 1,368 |
| Uruguay | 306 | 1:11,215 | 1,260 |
| Mexico | 287 | 1:432,495 | 8,290 |
| Puerto Rico | 203 | 1:17,488 | 666 |
| Hungary | 197 | 1:49,829 | 5,319 |
| Brazil | 194 | 1:1,103,476 | 38,577 |
| Guatemala | 194 | 1:82,900 | 2,758 |
| Chile | 172 | 1:102,421 | 3,844 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| England | 126 | 1:442,207 | 29,452 |
| Romania | 113 | 1:177,680 | 18,230 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Thailand | 98 | 1:720,799 | 118,830 |
| Canada | 97 | 1:379,851 | 33,859 |
| Costa Rica | 78 | 1:61,283 | 1,297 |
| Netherlands | 59 | 1:286,223 | 34,881 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Panama | 27 | 1:144,898 | 4,800 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Ecuador | 22 | 1:722,993 | 12,618 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Paraguay | 15 | 1:482,450 | 6,463 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 111 | 1:452,421 | 32,615 |
Font (71) may also be a first name.
Font Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Catalonia and Majorca, name means main or principal.
Catalan name. One branch in the Balearic Islands.
Latin fons, a spring. De Fonte, Ad Fontem. H.R.
User-submitted Reference
Font means 'fountain' in the Catalan language.
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Font Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Font Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Font Come From? nationality or country of origin
Font (Russian: Фонт) occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Font? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 16,881st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 221,560 people. Font is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Font live; 56 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 56 percent live in Iberian Europe. Font is also the 1,152,838th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 71 people.
This surname is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 17,449 people, or 1 in 2,679. In Spain Font is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 69 percent reside, Valencian Community, where 12 percent reside and Balearic Islands, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Spain this last name exists in 84 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Font Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Font has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Font last name expanded 2,203 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 450 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Font Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Font last name are 34.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.21% registered with the political party.
The amount Font earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.34% less than the national average, earning 275,695 kr per year; in Peru they earn 78.5% more than the national average, earning S/. 34,603 per year; in United States they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning $44,522 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.38% less than the national average, earning $46,513 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonte | 89 | 16,080 | / |
| Fonts | 89 | 763 | / |
| Fontt | 89 | 261 | / |
| Foint | 89 | 77 | / |
| Foont | 89 | 35 | / |
| Fonth | 89 | 32 | / |
| Fount | 89 | 18 | / |
| Pfont | 89 | 17 | / |
| Fondt | 89 | 14 | / |
| Fojnt | 89 | 2 | / |
| Foynt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fon | 86 | 16,935 | / |
| Fonttz | 80 | 64 | / |
| Foinet | 80 | 60 | / |
| Fontte | 80 | 10 | / |
| Fountz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fontch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fonthe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foundt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Founts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pfonte | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fointh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pfonts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fong | 75 | 103,120 | / |
| Fant | 75 | 7,505 | / |
| Foon | 75 | 4,255 | / |
| Fone | 75 | 3,298 | / |
| Foin | 75 | 1,269 | / |
| Funt | 75 | 1,262 | / |
| Fond | 75 | 1,182 | / |
| Fohn | 75 | 733 | / |
| Fonn | 75 | 388 | / |
| Foyn | 75 | 336 | / |
| Fhon | 75 | 193 | / |
| Foun | 75 | 165 | / |
| Fonh | 75 | 129 | / |
| Vont | 75 | 106 | / |
| Fojn | 75 | 8 | / |
| Fonc | 75 | 6 | / |
| Fuon | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wfon | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fotn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fonq | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fomt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fgon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fosn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ffon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hfon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontova | 73 | 585 | / |
| Pfountz | 73 | 83 | / |
| Fontová | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pfontte | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foong | 67 | 15,634 | / |
| Fante | 67 | 2,506 | / |
| Fotin | 67 | 2,048 | / |
| Foune | 67 | 987 | / |
| Found | 67 | 585 | / |
| Faunt | 67 | 555 | / |
| Fosen | 67 | 422 | / |
| Funte | 67 | 343 | / |
| Fonne | 67 | 301 | / |
| Fuong | 67 | 225 | / |
| Foung | 67 | 207 | / |
| Foing | 67 | 197 | / |
| Fogne | 67 | 184 | / |
| Fotyn | 67 | 164 | / |
| Fongy | 67 | 105 | / |
| Pfunt | 67 | 79 | / |
| Fotem | 67 | 73 | / |
| Fosin | 67 | 68 | / |
| Fanth | 67 | 64 | / |
| Foine | 67 | 62 | / |
| Foten | 67 | 62 | / |
| Founk | 67 | 60 | / |
| Foyne | 67 | 51 | / |
| Fonds | 67 | 51 | / |
| Fhong | 67 | 42 | / |
| Fhoon | 67 | 31 | / |
| Fotne | 67 | 26 | / |
| Foone | 67 | 21 | / |
| Foonk | 67 | 19 | / |
| Fandt | 67 | 18 | / |
| Foinette | 67 | 17 | / |
| Fomne | 67 | 13 | / |
| Fotyń | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fantt | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pfoun | 67 | 10 | / |
| Phont | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fonhe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vuont | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fants | 67 | 7 | / |
| Foynn | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fotim | 67 | 6 | / |
| Funth | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pfonk | 67 | 5 | / |
| Foimn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hfong | 67 | 3 | / |
| Funts | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fomts | 67 | 3 | / |
| Foßen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fundt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fongg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fotym | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fottn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fhoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuonn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuosn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foinn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fongh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vount | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ffong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voint | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foind | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fojnd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foond | 67 | 1 | / |
| Footn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vfone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foonh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Focen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fonnk | 67 | 0 | / |
| Foussent | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfohn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vondt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfant | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faant | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fouhn | 67 | 0 | / |
Font Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Font in the Russian language | ||
| Фонт | font | - |
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