Fontan Surname
Approximately 11,408 people bear this surname
Fontan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3,828 | 1:12,213 | 1,413 |
| France | 2,715 | 1:24,465 | 2,902 |
| Argentina | 2,071 | 1:20,639 | 1,749 |
| United States | 820 | 1:442,023 | 37,980 |
| Puerto Rico | 677 | 1:5,244 | 351 |
| Brazil | 371 | 1:577,020 | 21,523 |
| Uruguay | 252 | 1:13,618 | 1,541 |
| Italy | 190 | 1:321,877 | 39,455 |
| Mexico | 88 | 1:1,410,525 | 15,733 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Venezuela | 38 | 1:794,844 | 12,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Andorra | 16 | 1:5,240 | 1,042 |
| El Salvador | 16 | 1:396,493 | 2,687 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 | 1:252,600 | 12,031 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57 | 1:881,030 | 53,642 |
The alternate forms: Fontán (184) & Fontàn (3) are calculated separately.
Fontan (54) may also be a first name.
Fontan Demographics
Fontan Political Affiliation
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Fontan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontan (Hindi: फोन्तन) occurs most in Spain. It can occur as a variant: Fontán or Fontàn. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 45,478th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 638,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Fontan live; 36 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 34 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 54 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Spain, where it is carried by 3,828 people, or 1 in 12,213. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Galicia, where 62 percent reside, Madrid, where 9 percent reside and Andalusia, where 7 percent reside. Not including Spain Fontan is found in 49 countries. It also occurs in France, where 24 percent reside and Argentina, where 18 percent reside.
Fontan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fontan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fontan last name grew 1,439 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fontan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Fontan are 33.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.06% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Fontan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $44,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.41% less than the national average, earning $39,047 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fontan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fontan in the Hindi language | ||
| फोन्तन | phontana | - |
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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 Fontan
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