Fontenell Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Fontenell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontenell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800

Fontenell Last Name Facts

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

Fontenell is found most in England. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fontenell.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontenell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Fontenell reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Fontenell is most common in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is primarily found in: Lancashire, where 75 percent reside and Greater London, where 25 percent reside. Excluding England it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Guyana, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontenel94522/
Fontanell89106/
Fontinell8968/
Fontonell890/
Fontanel821,726/
Fontinel82177/
Fontenil82103/
Fontonel821/
Fontanill7869/
Fantinell7860/
Fontaniel7840/
Fontanael781/
Fontynele781/
Funtinell781/
Fantinel712,187/
Fontanil71501/
Fontonil711/
Fantynel711/
Fanntinel671/
Vantanel590/

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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 Fontenell
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis