Fontaiña Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Fontaiña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 275 | 1:170,007 | 12,175 |
| Argentina | 90 | 1:474,927 | 35,376 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Fontaina (224), Fontaíña (5) & Fontaìna (1) are calculated separately.
Fontaiña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontaiña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontaiña is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Fontaina, Fontaíña or Fontaìna. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontaiña? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fontaiña is the 761,666th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Fontaiña are found; 73 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 73 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 170,007. In Spain Fontaiña is mostly found in: Galicia, where 86 percent reside, Basque Country, where 7 percent reside and Andalusia, where 5 percent reside. Besides Spain this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 24 percent reside and Venezuela, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Fontaiña
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