Fontah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Fontah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Fontah (40) may also be a first name.
Fontah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontah occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fontah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Fontah are found; 70 percent are found in Central Africa and 70 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fontah is also the 1,614,485th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 40 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,967,010. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 43 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Fontah occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontash | 92 | 25 | / |
| Fonta | 91 | 1,427 | / |
| Fointaha | 86 | 6 | / |
| Founta | 83 | 1,040 | / |
| Fontas | 83 | 378 | / |
| Fontoh | 83 | 149 | / |
| Fontaa | 83 | 37 | / |
| Fontau | 83 | 34 | / |
| Fontat | 83 | 21 | / |
| Fantah | 83 | 14 | / |
| Fontay | 83 | 4 | / |
| Fontai | 83 | 4 | / |
| Fontha | 83 | 3 | / |
| Fontaz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fontoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fontea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fointa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fountas | 77 | 2,081 | / |
| Fontosh | 77 | 397 | / |
| Fountea | 77 | 36 | / |
| Fontooh | 77 | 11 | / |
| Fountai | 77 | 6 | / |
| Fantahu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Fontouh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fonteas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fuontas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fauntah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fonteuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fontaas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fanta | 73 | 60,678 | / |
| Fonto | 73 | 527 | / |
| Vonta | 73 | 89 | / |
| Fontò | 73 | 14 | / |
| Fontá | 73 | 1 | / |
| Founteas | 71 | 19 | / |
| Fountais | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fantay | 67 | 1,483 | / |
| Fontão | 67 | 162 | / |
| Fantaz | 67 | 111 | / |
| Fontos | 67 | 109 | / |
| Fantea | 67 | 91 | / |
| Vontau | 67 | 79 | / |
| Phonta | 67 | 56 | / |
| Fantau | 67 | 37 | / |
| Vontaa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Fantha | 67 | 32 | / |
| Fontoš | 67 | 31 | / |
| Fantas | 67 | 27 | / |
| Vointa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Vontha | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fannta | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fomtoh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fontou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fantat | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fontàs | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fantai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vantah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fontás | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fantoh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fontoi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fontey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Founto | 67 | 3 | / |
| Faanta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fontei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhanta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fondto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famtah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fenhta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fantta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fochentoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vontay | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faunta | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fontah
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