Fontein Surname
Approximately 1,113 people bear this surname
Fontein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 653 | 1:25,861 | 4,214 |
| Germany | 210 | 1:383,359 | 35,976 |
| South Africa | 149 | 1:363,609 | 33,044 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Fontein Demographics
Average Fontein Salary in
United States
$48,555 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fontein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontein occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontein? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 332,300th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,547,660 people. The last name Fontein occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Fontein live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 653 people, or 1 in 25,861. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 28 percent live, South Holland, where 22 percent live and North Holland, where 15 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands Fontein occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.
Fontein Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Fontein surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Fontein earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.87% less than the national average, earning R 152,388 per year; in United States they earn 12.53% more than the national average, earning $48,555 USD per year and in Canada they earn 90.32% more than the national average, earning $94,558 CAD per year.
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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 Fontein
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