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
The surname Fontaines occurs more in Venezuela more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Fontainés. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontaines? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 902,012th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. Fontaines is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Fontaines live; 65 percent live in South America and 63 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 10 people.
Fontaines is most numerous in Venezuela, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 162,388. In Venezuela Fontaines is primarily concentrated in: Guárico, where 43 percent are found, Apure, where 23 percent are found and Aragua, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Venezuela it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 31 percent are found and Uruguay, where 2 percent are found.
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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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