Fontealba Surname

554,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Fontealba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontealba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile5471:32,2061,720
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Fontealba Last Name Facts

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

Fontealba is held by more people in Chile than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontealba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fontealba is the 554,308th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,673,993 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Fontealba are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most prevalent in Chile, where it is held by 547 people, or 1 in 32,206. In Chile Fontealba is mostly concentrated in: Los Lagos Region, where 38 percent live, Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 26 percent live and Araucanía Region, where 12 percent live. Other than Chile this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontalba941,935/
Fontalbat8960/
Fontealva8918/
Fontialba891/
Funtealba891/
Fontalva82555/
Funtalba82249/
Fontalbo8276/
Fontalbe8230/
Fontalua821/
Fontalvas781/
Fontalvo7127,577/
Funtalva71156/
Fontalve718/
Fontalvos672/
Fonttalvo671/
Fontelimpa631/
Fantalvo595/
Fomtalvo592/
Fontilimpa531/

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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 Fontealba
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