Fontelas Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Fontelas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontelas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Brazil491:4,368,864116,514
France191:3,495,933219,029
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fontelas Last Name Facts

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

Fontelas is found most frequently in Portugal. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontelas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,478,479th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Fontelas reside; 41 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 41 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname Fontelas is most frequent in Portugal, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 182,776. Barring Portugal it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 34 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontela933,321/
Fontelos8861/
Vontelas8832/
Fantelas8812/
Fontiela884/
Fontilas882/
Fontelia881/
Fontelha881/
Fonteila881/
Fountalas8232/
Fontilias826/
Fontollas821/
Vuontelas821/
Fontelo80671/
Vontela80381/
Fontila80107/
Fantela8054/
Fontecilla781,266/
Fonticella7814/
Fontilea7559/
Fontelio7554/
Vuontela7547/
Fountila7528/
Vantelas757/
Vonttela753/
Funtilas753/
Fontalos751/
Fontisiella746/
Fonteillo719/
Fontailla713/
Fontilo67228/
Vantela67150/
Vontila671/
Fonticilla671/

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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 Fontelas
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