Fontán Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Fontán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 99 | 1:472,243 | 24,257 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| Puerto Rico | 15 | 1:236,676 | 2,394 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Fontan (11,408) & Fontàn (3) are calculated separately.
Fontán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontán Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontán occurs most in Spain. It may also be rendered as a variant: Fontan or Fontàn. Click here for other potential spellings of Fontán.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontán? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fontán is the 1,252,959th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Fontán is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Fontán live; 54 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 54 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname Fontán is most common in Spain, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 472,243. In Spain it is most numerous in: Galicia, where 47 percent reside, Madrid, where 27 percent reside and Andalusia, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Spain Fontán occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 15 percent reside and Czechia, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Fontán
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