Fountein Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Fountein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Fountein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fountein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fountein occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fountein click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fountein? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fountein is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Fountein is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Fountein are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Fountein is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Fountein is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and North West, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside.
Fountein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fountein has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fountein surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Fountein
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