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
Fontañez is borne by more people in Puerto Rico than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Fontanez or Fontánez. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontañez? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fontañez reside; 50 percent reside in Caribbean and 50 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.
Fontañez is most widespread in Puerto Rico, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 273,088. In Puerto Rico it is most frequent in: Fajardo, where 54 percent live, Luquillo, where 15 percent live and Toa Baja, where 15 percent live. Apart from Puerto Rico this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 46 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
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
- 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 Fontañez
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