# Fontana (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fontana/  
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 the Romance languages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,685 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,615 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,175 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (7,525 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fontana 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fontana in the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Italy.

## People named Fontana

- Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
- D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter (1939–2019)
- Santino Fontana, American actor
- José de Anchieta Fontana, Brazilian footballer (1940-1980)
- D. J. Fontana, American drummer (1931–2018)
- Tom Fontana, American screenwriter
- Anthony Fontana, American soccer player
- Carl Fontana, American musician (1928–2003)
- Daniel Fontana, Argentine-Italian triathlete
- Luis Jorge Fontana, Argentine Army officer, explorer, writer (1846–1920)
- Agustín Fontana, Argentinian association football player
- José Fontana, Brazilian association football player (1912-1986)

## Similar surnames

Fountain, Fontaine, 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.