Fontanay Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Fontanay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 96 | 1:691,903 | 87,871 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Fontanay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontanay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontanay occurs most in France. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontanay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Fontanay are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
It is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 691,903. In France Fontanay is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 89 percent are found, Grand Est, where 10 percent are found and Normandy, where 1 percent are found. Besides France this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Senegal, where 1 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 Fontanay
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