Fontenault Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fontenault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontenault Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States831:4,366,975231,516
France151:4,428,181244,602

Fontenault Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fontenault occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontenault? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,871,545th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Fontenault are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Fontenault is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 4,366,975. In The United States Fontenault is most prevalent in: Rhode Island, where 48 percent are found, Connecticut, where 17 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in France, where 15 percent are found.

Fontenault Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fontenault are 32.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.21% being registered to vote for the party.

Fontenault earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.7% more than the national average, earning $45,179 USD per year.

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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 Fontenault
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