Fonteney Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Fonteney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Fonteney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonteney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonteney occurs most in France. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Fonteney.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonteney? popularity and diffusion
Fonteney is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Fonteney occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Fonteney reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 1,953,609. In France Fonteney is most numerous in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 53 percent are found, Normandy, where 35 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 6 percent are found. Barring France this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Fonteney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fonteney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fonteney last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Fonteney
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