Fontenelle is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fontenelle
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fontenelle

How popular is Fontenelle?

Fontenelle is common in Brazil.

Fontenelle is ranked 46403 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fontenelles grew by 40.23438 per cent to 359 since 2000 and ranked 56836 after elevating 14307 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 44.57 34.77
White 34.54 41.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 10.86 12.11
Hispanic or Latino 5.01 0
Fontenelle is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Saint Lucia is ahead in terms of density. Around 10342 people have been found who wears Fontenelle as their family name. Fontenelle is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
4,915 Panama3
20,837 Venezuela2
131,225 Spain2
26,532 Chile2
17,547 Colombia2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
54,641 Sweden2
118,441 Germany2
8,500 Dominican Republic1
15,162 Costa Rica1
5,467 Haiti1
118,015 Netherlands1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
153,416 Italy1
28,365 Kenya1
58,885 Poland1
38,830 Morocco1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,316 Portugal46
78,930 Canada36
861 Barbados31
4,591 Guyana16
6,594 Trinidad and Tobago14
Countries with hundreds of Fontenelle:
12,921 France723
58 Saint Lucia421
64,404 United States390
7,981 Belgium230
30,207 England151
Countries with thousands of Fontenelle:
1,848 Brazil8,252
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Comments

C
Coletta Cockburn
The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of Medieval Latin fontana and illa suffix meaning: source / fountain.

Fontenelle Namesakes

  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Author
  • Antônia Fontenelle, Actor
  • Astrid Fontenelle, Journalist
  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Author
  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Author
  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Author
  • Denese Fontenelle, Author
  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Author
  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Author
  • Logan Fontenelle, Leader

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