How common is the surname Fontana?

7,685 people in the United States had the surname Fontana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,175 Americans. It ranked 4,615th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fontana?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Fontana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fontana?

Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model, followed by D. C. Fontana.

Where is the surname Fontana most common?

Wikidata records people named Fontana in the United States, Brazil and Argentina and 1 other country.

Is the surname Fontana getting more or less common?

More common. 7,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,685 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Fontana

A surname, carried by 7,685 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fontana is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,685 people named Fontana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,175 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,525.

#4,615

rank among US surnames

7,685

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,363)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,611	Everson	7,694	40,128
#4,613	Shores	7,691	40,144
#4,614	Yuen	7,688	40,159
#4,615	Fontana	7,685	40,175

Who is named Fontana

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

91% of people named Fontana identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fontanas

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Isabeli Fontana
Brazilian model, born 1983
D. C. Fontana
American screenwriter (1939–2019)
Santino Fontana
American actor, born 1982
José de Anchieta Fontana
Brazilian footballer (1940-1980)
D. J. Fontana
American drummer (1931–2018)
Tom Fontana
American screenwriter, born 1951
Anthony Fontana
American soccer player, born 1999
Carl Fontana
American musician (1928–2003)
Daniel Fontana
Argentine-Italian triathlete, born 1975
Luis Jorge Fontana
Argentine Army officer, explorer, writer (1846–1920)
Agustín Fontana
Argentinian association football player, born 1996
José Fontana
Brazilian association football player (1912-1986)

Notable Fontanas come mostly from the United States (6), Brazil (3) and Argentina (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fontana

Fontana has the Soundex code F535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F535.

Questions

Where does the surname Fontana come from?: From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.
How common is the surname Fontana?: 7,685 people in the United States had the surname Fontana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,175 Americans. It ranked 4,615th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fontana?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Fontana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fontana?: Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model, followed by D. C. Fontana.
Where is the surname Fontana most common?: Wikidata records people named Fontana in the United States, Brazil and Argentina and 1 other country.
Is the surname Fontana getting more or less common?: More common. 7,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,685 in 2010, up 2.1%.