Fonters Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Fonters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Fonters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonters Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonters has its highest incidence in France. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonters? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fonters is the 3,141,416th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Fonters are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequent in France, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 1,795,209. In France Fonters is mostly found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 65 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found and Occitanie, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account France it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Fonters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fonters has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 75 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 Fonters
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