Fonta Surname
Approximately 1,427 people bear this surname
Fonta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 733 | 1:90,618 | 13,048 |
| Spain | 244 | 1:191,607 | 13,300 |
| Ukraine | 101 | 1:450,720 | 53,076 |
| Romania | 88 | 1:228,158 | 22,067 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Fontá (1) are calculated separately.
Fonta (135) may also be a first name.
Fonta Demographics
Fonta Political Affiliation
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Fonta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonta (Arabic: فونتا, Hindi: फोन्ता, Russian: Фонта) is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Fontá. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 272,669th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,106,900 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Fonta are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Fonta is also the 797,647th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 135 people.
Fonta is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 733 people, or 1 in 90,618. In France Fonta is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 66 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 5 percent are found. Other than France it occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 17 percent are found and Ukraine, where 7 percent are found.
Fonta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fonta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fonta last name grew 241 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fonta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Fonta are 38.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 91.67% being registered with the political party.
The amount Fonta earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 28.39% more than the national average, earning $55,401 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.66% less than the national average, earning $41,404 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fonta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fonta in the Hindi language | ||
| फोन्ता | phonta | - |
| Fonta in the Russian language | ||
| Фонта | fonta | - |
| Fonta in the Arabic language | ||
| فونتا | fwnta | - |
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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 Fonta
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