Fontañez Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Puerto Rico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Fontañez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontañez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Puerto Rico131:273,0882,549
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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.

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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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