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    The surname Fontanez

    A surname, carried by 4,036 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F535

    Fontanez: #8,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fontanez #8,222, 4,036 people Fontanez: #8,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fontanez #8,222, 4,036 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fontanez is more common than 94.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,036 people named Fontanez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,498 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,298.

    #8,222
    rank among US surnames
    4,036
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,109)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,216Ji4,03976,441
    #8,217Sheth4,03876,460
    #8,220Surber4,03776,479
    #8,222Fontanez4,03676,498
    #8,225Jahnke4,03576,517
    #8,226Bonin4,03476,536

    Who is named Fontanez

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

    91% of people named Fontanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Fontanez

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fontanez?
    4,036 people in the United States had the surname Fontanez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,498 Americans. It ranked 8,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fontanez?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Fontanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fontanez getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,036 in 2010, up 22%.