Fontaine Surname
Approximately 105,163 people bear this surname
Fontaine Surname Definition:
(French) Dweller at, or near, a spouting spring.
Fontaine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 56,705 | 1:1,171 | 49 |
| Canada | 16,757 | 1:2,199 | 241 |
| United States | 16,304 | 1:22,231 | 2,789 |
| Belgium | 7,375 | 1:1,559 | 83 |
| Cuba | 1,050 | 1:10,974 | 913 |
| Haiti | 1,021 | 1:10,464 | 1,093 |
| Germany | 993 | 1:81,073 | 10,240 |
| Switzerland | 796 | 1:10,318 | 1,694 |
| England | 735 | 1:75,807 | 8,584 |
| Dominica | 433 | 1:175 | 38 |
| Netherlands | 366 | 1:46,140 | 7,845 |
| Argentina | 216 | 1:197,886 | 16,431 |
| Australia | 202 | 1:133,642 | 14,486 |
| Brazil | 199 | 1:1,075,750 | 37,702 |
| Chile | 181 | 1:97,329 | 3,686 |
| Thailand | 171 | 1:413,090 | 72,457 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Dominican Republic | 131 | 1:79,641 | 3,650 |
| Spain | 126 | 1:371,048 | 20,817 |
| Mexico | 103 | 1:1,205,109 | 14,520 |
| Uruguay | 101 | 1:33,978 | 3,937 |
| French Polynesia | 86 | 1:3,265 | 709 |
| Seychelles | 76 | 1:1,216 | 285 |
| Ecuador | 70 | 1:227,226 | 8,217 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| New Caledonia | 52 | 1:5,312 | 1,081 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Italy | 45 | 1:1,359,038 | 78,318 |
| Venezuela | 40 | 1:755,102 | 12,515 |
| Luxembourg | 37 | 1:15,690 | 3,536 |
| Madagascar | 36 | 1:656,940 | 2,016 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 30 | 1:3,679 | 609 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Monaco | 15 | 1:2,471 | 143 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Jamaica | 14 | 1:204,996 | 5,998 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 1:379,324 | 17,382 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| British Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:5,266 | 561 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 1:35,756 | 1,958 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5 | 1:1,280 | 241 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 65 | 1:375,006 | 23,176 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:3,459 | 578 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 838 | 1:59,927 | 6,615 |
Fontaine (1,650) may also be a first name.
Fontaine Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Dweller at, or near, a spouting spring.
Fontaine Demographics
Fontaine Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Fontaine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontaine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontaine (Arabic: فونتان) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fontaine click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontaine? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fontaine is the 5,393rd most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 69,298 people. Fontaine occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Fontaine are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Fontaine is also the 189,693rd most frequently held given name on earth. It is borne by 1,650 people.
This surname is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 56,705 people, or 1 in 1,171. In France Fontaine is mostly found in: Réunion, where 23 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 15 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Apart from France this surname exists in 121 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.
Fontaine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fontaine has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,946 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,131 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 175 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 41 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fontaine Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (88%) in Ireland and Sunni (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Fontaine last name are 7.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.36% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Fontaine earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.45% more than the national average, earning 354,576 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 63.23% more than the national average, earning R 387,900 per year; in United States they earn 7.16% more than the national average, earning $46,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.97% less than the national average, earning $42,247 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fontaine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fontaine in the Arabic language | ||
| فونتان | fwntan | - |
| فونتين | fwntyn | - |
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