Fontenel Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Fontenel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 469 | 1:22,780 | 1,823 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Fontenel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontenel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fontenel has its highest incidence in Haiti. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fontenel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontenel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 596,518th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Fontenel reside; 91 percent reside in Caribbean and 90 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean.
It is most frequent in Haiti, where it is borne by 469 people, or 1 in 22,780. In Haiti it is mostly concentrated in: Sud-Est, where 60 percent reside, Ouest, where 39 percent reside and Nord-Ouest, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Haiti this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenell | 94 | 8 | / |
| Fontanel | 88 | 1,726 | / |
| Fontinel | 88 | 177 | / |
| Fontenil | 88 | 103 | / |
| Fontonel | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fontanell | 82 | 106 | / |
| Fontinell | 82 | 68 | / |
| Fontaniel | 82 | 40 | / |
| Fontanael | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fontynele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fontonell | 82 | 0 | / |
| Fantinel | 75 | 2,187 | / |
| Fontanil | 75 | 501 | / |
| Fantynel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontonil | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontanill | 71 | 69 | / |
| Fantinell | 71 | 60 | / |
| Fanntinel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Funtinell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vantanel | 63 | 0 | / |
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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 Fontenel
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