Fontsa Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Fontsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 186 | 1:111,662 | 12,987 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Fontsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontsa occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontsa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fontsa is the 1,239,697th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name Fontsa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fontsa reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 111,662. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 53 percent live, Littoral Region, where 25 percent live and West Region, where 16 percent live. Other than Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontsia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fountsap | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fountsah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vontsa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Fantsa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fontcha | 77 | 242 | / |
| Fontshi | 77 | 68 | / |
| Phontsa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Fonscea | 77 | 5 | / |
| Fontshe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fontsop | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fontsee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vontsay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vountsa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fontsse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fonca | 73 | 114 | / |
| Fonza | 73 | 98 | / |
| Fahntsah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fountsou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontchea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fontchat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fonzseau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foncha | 67 | 1,145 | / |
| Foncea | 67 | 891 | / |
| Fondse | 67 | 363 | / |
| Vantsa | 67 | 149 | / |
| Foncia | 67 | 92 | / |
| Fantsi | 67 | 61 | / |
| Vántsa | 67 | 38 | / |
| Fomtse | 67 | 16 | / |
| Famtsa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fantsy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fantse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fantso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonzha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vontsy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vontso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonzea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fantza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foncah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Funtse | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fontsa
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