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 surname Fontenaist occurs most in France. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontenaist? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Fontenaist live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Fontenaist is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,277,360. In France it is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 96 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 2 percent reside. Outside of France it is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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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