Fontecha Surname
Approximately 8,368 people bear this surname
Fontecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 5,940 | 1:8,043 | 963 |
| Spain | 1,413 | 1:33,087 | 3,307 |
| Philippines | 375 | 1:269,969 | 39,569 |
| United States | 220 | 1:1,647,541 | 109,999 |
| Venezuela | 190 | 1:158,969 | 4,793 |
| Honduras | 54 | 1:163,267 | 2,049 |
| Argentina | 48 | 1:890,488 | 57,418 |
| Ecuador | 42 | 1:378,711 | 9,777 |
| Chile | 41 | 1:429,670 | 11,433 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Fontecha Demographics
Average Male Fontecha Height
171.16 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Fontecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontecha is held by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontecha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fontecha is the 60,222nd most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 870,883 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Fontecha live; 75 percent live in South America and 73 percent live in Caribbean South America.
The last name Fontecha is most numerous in Colombia, where it is carried by 5,940 people, or 1 in 8,043. In Colombia Fontecha is primarily found in: Capital District, where 43 percent reside, Santander Department, where 35 percent reside and Cundinamarca Department, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Colombia this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
Fontecha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fontecha last name are 40.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.55% being registered with the political party.
The amount Fontecha earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 1.36% less than the national average, earning $22,394,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 10.61% more than the national average, earning $47,728 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonteca | 93 | 3 | / |
| Funtecha | 88 | 191 | / |
| Fonteche | 88 | 84 | / |
| Fonticha | 88 | 4 | / |
| Fontecia | 88 | 2 | / |
| Fontesha | 88 | 2 | / |
| Fontechi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fontacha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fontecho | 88 | 1 | / |
| Phontecha | 82 | 342 | / |
| Fontechio | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fonteza | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fontesa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fontechhio | 78 | 2 | / |
| Fantechi | 75 | 1,224 | / |
| Fontiche | 75 | 102 | / |
| Funticha | 75 | 78 | / |
| Fontessa | 75 | 62 | / |
| Fontetxa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontaica | 75 | 0 | / |
| Phontacha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phomtecha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phontecho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontiza | 67 | 35 | / |
| Fanteza | 67 | 15 | / |
| Fantica | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fontejo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontico | 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 Fontecha
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