Fontela Surname

135,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Fontela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina9521:44,8993,794
Brazil7811:274,10310,553
Spain7201:64,9335,854
United States2271:1,596,735107,304
Uruguay1601:21,4482,476
Portugal1601:65,1143,431
Philippines661:1,533,912105,821
Cuba641:180,0424,045
Peru601:529,73514,532
France441:1,509,607143,950
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Costa Rica191:251,5832,896
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Fontela Last Name Facts

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

Fontela is found most frequently in Argentina. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fontela is the 135,371st most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,194,383 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Fontela are found; 60 percent are found in South America and 34 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name Fontela is most frequent in Argentina, where it is held by 952 people, or 1 in 44,899. In Argentina Fontela is most frequent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 56 percent reside, Corrientes Province, where 13 percent reside and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 10 percent reside. Not including Argentina Fontela occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 24 percent reside and Spain, where 22 percent reside.

Fontela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fontela has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fontela Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fontela surname are 43.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.88% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fontela earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 29.2% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,045 per year and in United States they earn 12.16% more than the national average, earning $48,394 USD 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
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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 Fontela
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