Frontier Surname

538,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Frontier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Frontier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5501:120,76918,270
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Frontier (79) may also be a first name.

Frontier Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frontier is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Frontier click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Frontier? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 538,780th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,206,945 people. Frontier occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Frontier live; 61 percent live in Caribbean and 57 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 79 people.

This last name is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 550 people, or 1 in 120,769. In France Frontier is most frequent in: Martinique, where 62 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside and Occitanie, where 8 percent reside. Besides France this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 4 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frontiere94118/
Fronttier940/
Fronter935/
Frontere8821/
Frontire881/
Fronteir881/
Fronterre82260/
Frontirre8214/
Frontière825/
Frontiére821/
Frantiere821/
Fromter804/
Frantie800/
Franter800/
Frontjes7517/
Frontère7513/
Frhunter751/
Freunter750/
Frantje673/
Fratentoyer630/

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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 Frontier
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