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

Fontenele is found most in Brazil. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontenele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 35,452nd most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 488,966 people. Fontenele is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fontenele are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 23 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 14,866 people, or 1 in 14,400. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Ceará, where 48 percent are found, Piauí, where 21 percent are found and São Paulo, where 5 percent are found. Besides Brazil Fontenele is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Portugal, where 0 percent are found.

Fontenele Last Name Statistics demography

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