Fontu Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Fontu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1181:170,15117,581
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Fontu (54) may also be a first name.

Fontu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fontu occurs most in Romania. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Fontu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,604,449th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Fontu reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Fontu is also the 1,350,955th most numerous forename globally, held by 54 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Romania, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 170,151. In Romania Fontu is mostly concentrated in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 97 percent live and Arad County, where 3 percent live. Aside from Romania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fontus914,351/
Fontau9134/
Fontou919/
Fountou83168/
Fonthus835/
Fontouh831/
Fonteuh831/
Fohntuh831/
Fantu8096,817/
Funtu8064/
Vontu808/
Fountous771/
Fantuz731,116/
Fantou73338/
Fontão73162/
Fantus73116/
Vontau7379/
Fantau7337/
Fantuh7316/
Funtus732/
Fanteu732/
Fantui731/
Fantuy731/
Fuintu731/
Vontui731/
Fontoe730/
Fanthou67148/
Fontooh6711/
Fantush676/
Fantahu675/
Fantouh674/
Fantous673/
Fantouz671/
Feuntou671/
Fantusz671/
Funtouh671/
Phontus671/
Fanthuz671/
Fantaus671/
Funtush671/
Fanteux670/

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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 Fontu
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