Fonteca Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fonteca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fonteca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Fonteca Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fonteca is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fonteca? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fonteca live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 100 percent live.

Fonteca Last Name Statistics demography

Fonteca earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontecha938,368/
Fontecia932/
Fonteza862/
Fontesa861/
Funtecha80191/
Fonteche8084/
Fonticha804/
Fontetxa801/
Fontechi801/
Fontecho801/
Fontaica800/
Phontecha75342/
Fontechio751/
Fontecchi751/
Fontiza7135/
Fanteza7115/
Fontice713/
Fontechhio712/
Fantica712/
Fontejo711/
Fontezi711/
Fontico710/
Fantechi671,224/
Fontiche67102/
Fonteque6790/
Funticha6778/
Fantezia6712/
Fountika675/
Fontetxe671/
Fontejos671/
Fountice670/

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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 Fonteca
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