Fontanyi Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Fontanyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontanyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine981:464,51754,315
United States181:20,136,607622,629
France101:6,642,272293,169
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

The alternate forms: Fontányi (170) are calculated separately.

Fontanyi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fontanyi is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Fontányi. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontanyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fontanyi is the 1,447,279th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Fontanyi reside; 73 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 66 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 464,517. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Kiev, where 58 percent reside, Kiev Oblast, where 24 percent reside and Zhytomyr Oblast, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Ukraine this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

Fontanyi Last Name Statistics demography

Fontanyi earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.38% less than the national average, earning $33,491 USD per year.

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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 Fontanyi
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