Fontalva Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Fontalva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 196 | 1:1,092,216 | 38,202 |
| Spain | 124 | 1:377,033 | 21,044 |
| Venezuela | 100 | 1:302,041 | 6,944 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Chile | 37 | 1:476,121 | 12,335 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Fontalva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontalva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fontalva is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontalva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 568,972nd most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 13,130,713 people. The last name Fontalva is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Fontalva are found; 66 percent are found in South America and 35 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The surname Fontalva is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 1,092,216. In Brazil Fontalva is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 82 percent are found, Paraná, where 11 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Brazil it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 22 percent are found and Venezuela, where 18 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
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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 Fontalva
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