Fontelas Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Fontelas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontela | 93 | 3,321 | / |
| Fontelos | 88 | 61 | / |
| Vontelas | 88 | 32 | / |
| Fantelas | 88 | 12 | / |
| Fontiela | 88 | 4 | / |
| Fontilas | 88 | 2 | / |
| Fontelia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fontelha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fonteila | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fountalas | 82 | 32 | / |
| Fontilias | 82 | 6 | / |
| Fontollas | 82 | 1 | / |
| Vuontelas | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fontelo | 80 | 671 | / |
| Vontela | 80 | 381 | / |
| Fontila | 80 | 107 | / |
| Fantela | 80 | 54 | / |
| Fontecilla | 78 | 1,266 | / |
| Fonticella | 78 | 14 | / |
| Fontilea | 75 | 59 | / |
| Fontelio | 75 | 54 | / |
| Vuontela | 75 | 47 | / |
| Fountila | 75 | 28 | / |
| Vantelas | 75 | 7 | / |
| Vonttela | 75 | 3 | / |
| Funtilas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fontalos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontisiella | 74 | 6 | / |
| Fonteillo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Fontailla | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fontilo | 67 | 228 | / |
| Vantela | 67 | 150 | / |
| Vontila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonticilla | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fontelas
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