Fontela Surname
Approximately 3,321 people bear this surname
Fontela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 952 | 1:44,899 | 3,794 |
| Brazil | 781 | 1:274,103 | 10,553 |
| Spain | 720 | 1:64,933 | 5,854 |
| United States | 227 | 1:1,596,735 | 107,304 |
| Uruguay | 160 | 1:21,448 | 2,476 |
| Portugal | 160 | 1:65,114 | 3,431 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| Cuba | 64 | 1:180,042 | 4,045 |
| Peru | 60 | 1:529,735 | 14,532 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Venezuela | 26 | 1:1,161,695 | 16,759 |
| Costa Rica | 19 | 1:251,583 | 2,896 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Fontela Demographics
Average Fontela Salary in
United States
$48,394 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fontela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontela occurs more in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontela? popularity and diffusion
Fontela is the 135,371st most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,194,383 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Fontela reside; 60 percent reside in South America and 34 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname Fontela is most frequently held in Argentina, where it is borne by 952 people, or 1 in 44,899. In Argentina it is most frequent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 56 percent live, Corrientes Province, where 13 percent live and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 10 percent live. Other than Argentina it is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 24 percent live and Spain, where 22 percent live.
Fontela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fontela has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 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% registered to vote for the political 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
- 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 Fontela
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