Fontenel Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Fontenel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontenel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti4691:22,7801,823
France431:1,544,714145,815
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Saint Lucia41:44,6952,207
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontenell948/
Fontanel881,726/
Fontinel88177/
Fontenil88103/
Fontonel881/
Fontanell82106/
Fontinell8268/
Fontaniel8240/
Fontanael821/
Fontynele821/
Fontonell820/
Fantinel752,187/
Fontanil75501/
Fantynel751/
Fontonil751/
Fontanill7169/
Fantinell7160/
Fanntinel711/
Funtinell711/
Vantanel630/

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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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