Fontenele Surname

35,452nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Fontenele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontenele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil14,8661:14,400763
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800

Fontenele (23) may also be a first name.

Fontenele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fontenele is most common in Brazil. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontenele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 35,452nd most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 488,966 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fontenele reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 100 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 23 people.

The last name Fontenele is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 14,866 people, or 1 in 14,400. In Brazil Fontenele is most frequent in: Ceará, where 48 percent reside, Piauí, where 21 percent reside and São Paulo, where 5 percent reside. Beside Brazil Fontenele is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Portugal, where 0 percent reside.

Fontenele Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fontenele surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Fontenele earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.87% less than the national average, earning $36,300 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 Fontenele
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