Fountoglou Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Fountoglou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fountoglou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2461:45,0407,333
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fountoglou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fountoglou occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fountoglou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 998,609th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Fountoglou live; 96 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Fountoglou is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 45,040. In Greece it is mostly found in: Central Macedonia, where 51 percent reside, Western Macedonia, where 21 percent reside and Attica, where 15 percent reside. Not including Greece it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fountouglou952/
Finteoglou801/
Fentoglu7822/
Fundaoglu7461/
Fondogolo744/
Fundogolo741/
Fanoudaoglou731/
Fendoglu6716/
Fentoğlu671/
Phanthonglo5710/

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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 Fountoglou
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