Fontaines Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Fontaines Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 186 | 1:162,388 | 4,853 |
| France | 91 | 1:729,920 | 91,032 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1:490,251 | 25,911 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Fontainés (1) are calculated separately.
Fontaines (10) may also be a first name.
Fontaines Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontaines Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontaines is found most frequently in Venezuela. It may also be found as a variant: Fontainés. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontaines? popularity and diffusion
Fontaines is the 902,012th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Fontaines reside; 65 percent reside in South America and 63 percent reside in Caribbean South America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most common in Venezuela, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 162,388. In Venezuela Fontaines is most prevalent in: Guárico, where 43 percent live, Apure, where 23 percent live and Aragua, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Venezuela it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 31 percent live and Uruguay, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Fontaines
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