Fontenaist Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Fontenaist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Fontenaist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontenaist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontenaist is found most frequently in France. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontenaist? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,635,433rd most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Fontenaist are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Fontenaist is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 1,277,360. In France Fontenaist is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 96 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 2 percent reside. Barring France this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Hong Kong, where 2 percent reside and Taiwan, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Fontenaist
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