Fontar Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Fontar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fontar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontar is found most in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontar? popularity and diffusion
Fontar is the 2,034,059th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Fontar reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Fontar is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 73 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Fontar is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontair | 92 | 18 | / |
| Fonntar | 92 | 0 | / |
| Fontaire | 86 | 2 | / |
| Fontaurz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fantar | 83 | 65 | / |
| Vontar | 83 | 41 | / |
| Funtar | 83 | 13 | / |
| Fontor | 83 | 10 | / |
| Fontore | 77 | 71 | / |
| Fantare | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vontair | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vonntar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fountor | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vantar | 67 | 203 | / |
| Vontor | 67 | 89 | / |
| Fantarova | 67 | 30 | / |
| Fantor | 67 | 4 | / |
| Funtarova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vuntar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fauntaire | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vanthar | 62 | 60 | / |
| Vontour | 62 | 23 | / |
| Fantore | 62 | 14 | / |
| Vantair | 62 | 4 | / |
| Fantour | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vaantar | 62 | 1 | / |
| Fanthorp | 57 | 24 | / |
| Vantor | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Fontar
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