How common is the surname Font?

2,138 people in the United States had the surname Font in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Font?

Rob Font, American mixed martial arts fighter.

Where is the surname Font most common?

Wikidata records people named Font in the United States.

Is the surname Font getting more or less common?

More common. 1,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, up 26%.

The surname Font

A surname, carried by 2,138 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Font is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

* As a southern French and Catalan surname, from font (“spring, well”). * As an English surname, variant of Fant.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,138 people named Font in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,692.

#14,070

rank among US surnames

2,138

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+26.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,805)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,062	Calhoon	2,141	144,206
#14,064	Frison	2,140	144,274
#14,067	Castiglione	2,139	144,341
#14,070	Mazon	2,138	144,409
#14,076	Ellefson	2,137	144,476

Who is named Font

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

62% of people named Font identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 62%
White (not Hispanic) 33%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Fonts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rob Font
American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Font

Font has the Soundex code F530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F530.

Questions

Where does the surname Font come from?: * As a southern French and Catalan surname, from font (“spring, well”). * As an English surname, variant of Fant.
How common is the surname Font?: 2,138 people in the United States had the surname Font in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Font?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Font identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Font?: Rob Font, American mixed martial arts fighter.
Where is the surname Font most common?: Wikidata records people named Font in the United States.
Is the surname Font getting more or less common?: More common. 1,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, up 26%.