Family name Fontell (Fontell 
) , worldwide, is a rare last name. The cognomen Fontell is habitual in Finland, where it is quite a rare surname, Sweden, where it is a rare surname, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare surname. Very seldom, Fontell is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Fontell | United States, Sweden, Finland |
| carl wilhelm fontell FI (b. 1794) |
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ernst fontell SE (b. 1890) |
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nils fontell Finnish physicist (1901-1980), FI (b. 1901) |
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| karl oskar fontell Finnish priest, FI (b. 1853) |
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| gideon fontell FI (b. 1854) |
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| carl wilhelm fontell botanist (b. 1873) |
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| p. v. fontell Finnish agronomist, FI (b. 1899) |
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