Fonteina Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Fonteina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 420 | 1:101,770 | 8,591 |
| Paraguay | 24 | 1:301,531 | 4,820 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Fonteiña (20) are calculated separately.
Fonteina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonteina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonteina is carried by more people in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Fonteiña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonteina? popularity and diffusion
It is the 671,677th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fonteina live; 100 percent live in South America and 94 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
This last name is most frequently used in Argentina, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 101,770. In Argentina Fonteina is most prevalent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 41 percent reside, Chaco Province, where 33 percent reside and Corrientes Province, where 18 percent reside. Not including Argentina this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Paraguay, where 5 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Fonteina
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