Fonteño Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Fonteño Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 54 | 1:791,545 | 52,685 |
| Chile | 38 | 1:463,591 | 12,075 |
The alternate forms: Fonteno (360) are calculated separately.
Fonteño Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonteño Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonteño has its highest incidence in Argentina. It may be found in the variant forms: Fonteno. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonteño? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fonteño is the 1,943,350th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fonteño are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
It is most frequently used in Argentina, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 791,545. In Argentina it is most numerous in: Tucumán Province, where 76 percent are found, Buenos Aires Province, where 22 percent are found and Córdoba Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Argentina this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Chile, where 41 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonteno | 95 | 360 | / |
| Fontaño | 86 | 2 | / |
| Fontenot | 80 | 25,105 | / |
| Fontenoy | 80 | 550 | / |
| Fonteiña | 80 | 20 | / |
| Founteno | 80 | 18 | / |
| Fontegno | 80 | 7 | / |
| Fontenod | 80 | 3 | / |
| Fontenop | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foenteno | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fonteñas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fontenoh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fonteneou | 75 | 11 | / |
| Fontenout | 75 | 5 | / |
| Fountenot | 75 | 4 | / |
| Fontenoit | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fontetnot | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fontenott | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fonttenot | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fonteenot | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontenopf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontenoys | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fontena | 71 | 222 | / |
| Fontino | 71 | 100 | / |
| Fontona | 71 | 75 | / |
| Fontono | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fontiña | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fonteina | 67 | 445 | / |
| Fontaiña | 67 | 375 | / |
| Fontenas | 67 | 315 | / |
| Fontinoy | 67 | 113 | / |
| Fountano | 67 | 39 | / |
| Fontenat | 67 | 27 | / |
| Fontaino | 67 | 17 | / |
| Fontenau | 67 | 12 | / |
| Funtenot | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fontaíña | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fontinot | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fontineu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fontenia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fountena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fontinos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fantenot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontanou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontaneu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Funtenoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontonoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontonoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonntino | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fontenea | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fontonna | 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
- 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 Fonteño
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