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    The surname Fontanilla

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex F535

    Fontanilla: #19,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fontanilla #19,425, 1,391 people Fontanilla: #19,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fontanilla #19,425, 1,391 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fontanilla is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish, from Italian fontanella (“fontanel”), from fontana (“fountain”)+-ella (“diminutive suffix”).

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,391 people named Fontanilla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,101.

    #19,425
    rank among US surnames
    1,391
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,958)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,416Jeanjacques1,392221,800
    #19,425Akram1,391221,959

    Who is named Fontanilla

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

    80% of people named Fontanilla identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.3% as two or more races and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
    • Two or more races 7.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Fontanilla

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fontanilla come from?
    From Spanish, from Italian fontanella (“fontanel”), from fontana (“fountain”)+-ella (“diminutive suffix”).
    How common is the surname Fontanilla?
    1,391 people in the United States had the surname Fontanilla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fontanilla?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Fontanilla identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Fontanilla getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 26%.