Fontañez Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Fontañez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 13 | 1:273,088 | 2,549 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fontanez (10,314) & Fontánez (96) are calculated separately.
Fontañez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontañez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontañez occurs most in Puerto Rico. It may also be found as: Fontanez or Fontánez. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontañez? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fontañez is the 3,882,373rd most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Fontañez occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fontañez reside; 50 percent reside in Caribbean and 50 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.
The surname Fontañez is most common in Puerto Rico, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 273,088. In Puerto Rico it is mostly found in: Fajardo, where 54 percent reside, Luquillo, where 15 percent reside and Toa Baja, where 15 percent reside. Barring Puerto Rico this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 46 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontanez | 96 | 10,314 | / |
| Fontánez | 92 | 96 | / |
| Fonteñez | 88 | 226 | / |
| Fontainez | 82 | 51 | / |
| Fontannez | 82 | 2 | / |
| Fountanez | 82 | 2 | / |
| Fontane | 80 | 768 | / |
| Fontaineaz | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fountainez | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fontaine | 75 | 105,163 | / |
| Fontanet | 75 | 3,343 | / |
| Fontanes | 75 | 633 | / |
| Fontaiña | 75 | 375 | / |
| Fontange | 75 | 289 | / |
| Fontayne | 75 | 256 | / |
| Fontanie | 75 | 240 | / |
| Fontagne | 75 | 228 | / |
| Fontaney | 75 | 95 | / |
| Fontanne | 75 | 51 | / |
| Fontenez | 75 | 21 | / |
| Fantanez | 75 | 8 | / |
| Fontaner | 75 | 7 | / |
| Fontanec | 75 | 6 | / |
| Fontaíña | 75 | 5 | / |
| Fontonez | 75 | 5 | / |
| Fontaned | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fontaune | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontaneu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontanei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fountane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontanea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fountaine | 71 | 2,238 | / |
| Fontaines | 71 | 296 | / |
| Fontanges | 71 | 174 | / |
| Fontanese | 71 | 73 | / |
| Fontagnes | 71 | 20 | / |
| Fontaynes | 71 | 13 | / |
| Fontangne | 71 | 6 | / |
| Fontainne | 71 | 6 | / |
| Fontaness | 71 | 5 | / |
| Fonteñies | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fountayne | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fontanies | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fountanie | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fonttaine | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fontagney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontannes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontainer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontaaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontaagne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fointaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontainie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontainge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fonntaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fountanet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontana | 67 | 124,449 | / |
| Fontani | 67 | 3,066 | / |
| Fontany | 67 | 195 | / |
| Fontona | 67 | 75 | / |
| Fantane | 67 | 41 | / |
| Fontone | 67 | 28 | / |
| Fontané | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fontána | 67 | 5 | / |
| D'Fontaine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontaneová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fointaines | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fountainee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontanesse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Founttaine | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fontañez
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