Fontestad Surname

851,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Fontestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2981:156,88611,448
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824

Fontestad Last Name Facts

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

Fontestad is most common in Spain. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontestad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 851,613th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Fontestad are found; 93 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 156,886. In Spain Fontestad is primarily found in: Valencian Community, where 95 percent live, Madrid, where 2 percent live and Balearic Islands, where 2 percent live. Aside from Spain it is found in one country. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontestat891/
Fonteta881/
Fontes Ataide821/
Fantetta713/
Vandestad671/
Vendestad671/
Vandestadt6335/
Fanteto632/
Finnetstead601/
Vindstad5970/
van de Stadt57165/
Fuentes de De558/
Vandystadt53141/
Vandijstadt5014/
Fantito502/

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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 Fontestad
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