# Fontaine (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fontaine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,901 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,012 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,943 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (11,542 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Fontaine. Doublet of Fontana.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fontaine in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fontaine in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Fontaine

- Joan Fontaine, British actress (1917–2013)
- Lilian Fontaine, British actress (1886-1975)
- Eddie Fontaine, American actor and singer (1927-1992)

## Similar surnames

Fountain, Fontana, Fountaine, Fontenot, Fontanez, Fontanilla, Fenton, Fandino.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.