Fonteret Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fonteret Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fonteret Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2071:320,88348,728
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Fonteret Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fonteret has its highest incidence in France. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fonteret click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fonteret? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,133,308th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The last name Fonteret occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Fonteret are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 320,883. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 75 percent are found, Occitanie, where 13 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 7 percent are found. Outside of France it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontere931/
Fonteres883/
Fontaret881/
Fonterie881/
Fonterre881/
Fondterheit840/
Fontereiz821/
Fontera8012/
Fonteri803/
Fonteray75109/
Fonteriz7594/
Fonterra757/
Fonteroy756/
Fanterre753/
Fontaire752/
Fonteira751/
Fonteris751/
Fonteiriz7117/
Fonterroy719/
Founthery711/
Fantera67383/
Vonteri6728/
Vantere6715/
Vontery673/
Fantery670/

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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 Fonteret
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