Fontena Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Fontena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 103 | 1:171,034 | 5,644 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Argentina | 47 | 1:909,434 | 58,335 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Fontena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fontena (Russian: Фонтена) is found in Chile more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fontena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fontena is the 1,101,507th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name Fontena is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Fontena are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 68 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
This surname is most widely held in Chile, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 171,034. In Chile it is mostly found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 60 percent are found, Bío Bío Region, where 20 percent are found and Araucanía Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring Chile this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 28 percent are found and Argentina, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fontena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fontena in the Russian language | ||
| Фонтена | fontena | - |
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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 Fontena
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