Fontenit Surname
Approximately 526 people bear this surname
Fontenit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 515 | 1:128,976 | 19,668 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fontenit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontenit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontenit is most common in France. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fontenit.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontenit? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 592,650th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Fontenit live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most widely held in France, where it is held by 515 people, or 1 in 128,976. In France it is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 72 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 8 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account France Fontenit occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenoit | 94 | 3 | / |
| Fonteni | 93 | 5 | / |
| Fontenaist | 89 | 54 | / |
| Fontenet | 88 | 81 | / |
| Fontenai | 88 | 18 | / |
| Founteni | 88 | 4 | / |
| Fontieni | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fonteini | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fontenis | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fontenett | 82 | 31 | / |
| Fontenais | 82 | 25 | / |
| Fontenete | 82 | 10 | / |
| Fonteny | 80 | 582 | / |
| Fontini | 80 | 416 | / |
| Fanteni | 80 | 226 | / |
| Fontena | 80 | 222 | / |
| Fontene | 80 | 4 | / |
| Fontenette | 78 | 1,093 | / |
| Fontanet | 75 | 3,343 | / |
| Fonteyne | 75 | 1,876 | / |
| Fontenay | 75 | 645 | / |
| Fontenoy | 75 | 550 | / |
| Fonteina | 75 | 445 | / |
| Fonteine | 75 | 147 | / |
| Fonteney | 75 | 35 | / |
| Vontenie | 75 | 34 | / |
| Fontenez | 75 | 21 | / |
| Fonteiña | 75 | 20 | / |
| Fontonet | 75 | 9 | / |
| Fontenes | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fontaini | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fountena | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fontinet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontinei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontiene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontegne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontinie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontenea | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fonteijne | 71 | 91 | / |
| Fontignie | 71 | 66 | / |
| Fontinois | 71 | 36 | / |
| Fonteiner | 71 | 23 | / |
| Fonteynes | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fontinete | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontenoys | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontainie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fountanet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fantini | 67 | 23,823 | / |
| Fantene | 67 | 104 | / |
| Fontine | 67 | 71 | / |
| Fontiny | 67 | 21 | / |
| Fontyne | 67 | 20 | / |
| Fantena | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fontinette | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fonteñe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontêne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontiña | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Fontenit
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