How common is the surname Delafuente?

6,996 people in the United States had the surname Delafuente in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,132 Americans. It ranked 5,021st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Delafuente?

Konrad de la Fuente, American soccer player, followed by Joel de la Fuente.

Where is the surname Delafuente most common?

Wikidata records people named Delafuente in the United States, Argentina and Spain.

Is the surname Delafuente getting more or less common?

More common. 5,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,996 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Delafuente

A Spanish surname, carried by 6,996 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delafuente is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish de la Fuente.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,996 people named Delafuente in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,132 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,324.

#5,021

rank among US surnames

6,996

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+31.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,954)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,012	Fried	7,010	44,044
#5,013	Macon	7,008	44,056
#5,014	Durden	7,007	44,062
#5,015	Ostrowski	7,005	44,075
#5,016	Bozeman	7,004	44,081
#5,017	Bernardo	7,003	44,088
#5,018	Berkowitz	7,000	44,107

Who is named Delafuente

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Delafuente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.0%
Two or more races 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Delafuentes

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Konrad de la Fuente
American soccer player, born 2001
Joel de la Fuente
American actor, born 1969
Juan de la Fuente
Argentine sailor, born 1976
Hernán de la Fuente
Argentine footballer, born 1997
Miguel de la Fuente
Association football player, born 1999

Notable Delafuentes come mostly from the United States (2), Argentina (2) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Delafuente

Delafuente has the Soundex code D415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D415.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Delafuente come from?: Borrowed from Spanish de la Fuente.
How common is the surname Delafuente?: 6,996 people in the United States had the surname Delafuente in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,132 Americans. It ranked 5,021st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Delafuente?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Delafuente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Delafuente?: Konrad de la Fuente, American soccer player, followed by Joel de la Fuente.
Where is the surname Delafuente most common?: Wikidata records people named Delafuente in the United States, Argentina and Spain.
Is the surname Delafuente getting more or less common?: More common. 5,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,996 in 2010, up 31%.