Fante is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fante
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fante

How popular is Fante?

Fante is common in Brazil.

Fante is ranked 118577 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fante bearers increased by 3.97351 per cent in 2010 US census to 314 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1478 spots and ranked at 63524. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.76 91.72
Hispanic or Latino 3.82 3.97
Black 2.23 1.99
Others 1.59 1.66
Fante is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Brazil. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Italy. Around 3392 people have been found who wears Fante as their family name. Fante is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
720,003 Russia4
7,619 Ecuador3
46,068 Philippines3
8,926 Cameroon3
3,940 Ethiopia2
4,231 Jamaica2
13,606 Senegal1
29,774 Venezuela1
34,581 Chile1
17,236 Ghana1
49,529 Israel1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
118,015 Netherlands1
11,923 Slovenia1
81,201 Switzerland1
492,292 Ukraine1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
69,550 England48
124,653 Canada20
100,009 Australia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
56,973 South Africa73
45,171 Tanzania73
225,321 India58
Countries with hundreds of Fante:
13,640 Italy784
64,824 United States387
59,024 Germany168
Countries with thousands of Fante:
8,689 Brazil1,590
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Antonia Fante from Torricel, Italy aboard the Spartan Prince from Genoa on August 17, 1899. She is registered to be 3 years old when she arrived in Bernie.P. Blacksmith Antonino Fante, 21 years old Antonio Fante, Antonio Fante (45) Laborer, 45 years old Antonio Fante, Cenzio Fante (25) Laborer, 21 years old Concezio Fante, Laborer D. Fante, 42 years old Domenico Fante, and 14 other Fante around 45.45% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and mason migrated to US from Palermo, Genoa, Gibraltar, Naples & Palermo, Trieste and Genoa & Gibraltar.

Fante Namesakes

  • John Fante, Novelist
  • John Fante, Novelist
  • Ricky Fanté, Singer
  • John Fante, Novelist
  • Thembinkosi Fanteni, Soccer striker
  • M. ed Milburn Mary Jo Fante, Author
  • Ricky Fanté, Singer
  • Šime Fantela, Olympian
  • Ricky Fanté, Singer

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