Fontelus Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Fontelus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontelus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti2181:49,0092,982
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Fontelus Last Name Facts

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

Fontelus is held by more people in Haiti than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontelus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fontelus is the 1,111,382nd most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fontelus live; 100 percent live in Caribbean and 100 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean.

Fontelus is most common in Haiti, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 49,009. In Haiti it is primarily found in: Sud-Est, where 57 percent reside, Ouest, where 39 percent reside and Nippes, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Haiti this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontelius941/
Fontilus881,629/
Fontelos8861/
Fontalus8812/
Fonteliu882/
Fontilius821/
Fontiluis821/
Vontelu8012/
Fantilus753/
Vontilius7121/
Vantelu6726/
Vantilus631/
Vantilu531/

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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 Fontelus
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