Fontalvo Surname

19,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,577 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Fontalvo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontalvo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia25,3581:1,884372
Venezuela1,7321:17,4391,321
United States2251:1,610,929108,055
Ecuador811:196,3687,800
Panama501:78,2453,248
Spain491:954,12336,393
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
England21:27,859,030389,889
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Aruba11:103,4772,586

Fontalvo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fontalvo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fontalvo is borne by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontalvo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 19,849th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 264,262 people. The last name Fontalvo is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fontalvo live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Caribbean South America.

Fontalvo is most frequently held in Colombia, where it is borne by 25,358 people, or 1 in 1,884. In Colombia Fontalvo is primarily concentrated in: Atlántico Department, where 53 percent are found, Magdalena Department, where 24 percent are found and Cesar Department, where 6 percent are found. Other than Colombia this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Fontalvo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fontalvo surname are 35.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.57% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fontalvo earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 19.16% less than the national average, earning $18,352,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.72% less than the national average, earning $42,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.29% less than the national average, earning $48,048 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontalvos942/
Fonttalvo941/
Fontalva88555/
Fontalbo8876/
Fantalvo885/
Fomtalvo882/
Fontolvo881/
Fontealva8218/
Fontalvas821/
Fontalba751,935/
Fontolva751/
Fontalua751/
Fontealba71575/
Fontalbat7160/

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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 Fontalvo
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