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 last name Fontena (Russian: Фонтена) is held by more people in Chile than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,101,507th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. It occurs predominantly 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 last name is most frequent in Chile, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 171,034. In Chile Fontena is mostly found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 60 percent reside, Bío Bío Region, where 20 percent reside and Araucanía Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Chile this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 28 percent reside and Argentina, where 21 percent reside.
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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