Fonteny Surname
Approximately 582 people bear this surname
Fonteny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 571 | 1:116,327 | 17,517 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Fonteny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonteny Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fonteny is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fonteny.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonteny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 549,140th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Fonteny reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 571 people, or 1 in 116,327. In France Fonteny is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 28 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 24 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent live. Other than France it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenay | 93 | 645 | / |
| Fontenoy | 93 | 550 | / |
| Fonteney | 93 | 35 | / |
| Fontenoys | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fontena | 86 | 222 | / |
| Fontiny | 86 | 21 | / |
| Fonteni | 86 | 5 | / |
| Fontene | 86 | 4 | / |
| Fonteyne | 80 | 1,876 | / |
| Fontenit | 80 | 526 | / |
| Fonteina | 80 | 445 | / |
| Fonteine | 80 | 147 | / |
| Fontinoy | 80 | 113 | / |
| Fontenet | 80 | 81 | / |
| Fontenez | 80 | 21 | / |
| Fontenai | 80 | 18 | / |
| Founteni | 80 | 4 | / |
| Fontenes | 80 | 3 | / |
| Fountena | 80 | 2 | / |
| Funtenoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fontegne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fontenis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fonteini | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fontiene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fontieni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fontenea | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fonteijne | 75 | 91 | / |
| Fontenett | 75 | 31 | / |
| Fontenais | 75 | 25 | / |
| Fonteiner | 75 | 23 | / |
| Fontenoit | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fonteynes | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fontini | 71 | 416 | / |
| Fanteni | 71 | 226 | / |
| Fantene | 71 | 104 | / |
| Fontine | 71 | 71 | / |
| Fontenaist | 71 | 54 | / |
| Fontyne | 71 | 20 | / |
| Fantiny | 71 | 12 | / |
| Fantena | 71 | 8 | / |
| Fonteñe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontêne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontaine | 67 | 105,163 | / |
| Fontayne | 67 | 256 | / |
| Fonteñez | 67 | 226 | / |
| Fontaina | 67 | 224 | / |
| Fontijne | 67 | 200 | / |
| Vontenie | 67 | 34 | / |
| Fonteiña | 67 | 20 | / |
| Faunteni | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fontineu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fountine | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fontaini | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fontinez | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fontoine | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fanttiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanthiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vonthene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontinet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vantenay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontinie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontègne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontéyne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontinei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontines | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontuine | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fontiner | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fonteny
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