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    The surname Fonte

    A surname, carried by 1,631 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F530

    Fonte: #17,331 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fonte #17,331, 1,631 people Fonte: #17,331 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fonte #17,331, 1,631 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fonte is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,631 people named Fonte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,298 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,532.

    #17,331
    rank among US surnames
    1,631
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,087)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,322Noakes1,633189,066
    #17,323Galo1,632189,182
    #17,331Uhler1,631189,298
    #17,337Shake1,630189,414

    Who is named Fonte

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

    70% of people named Fonte identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fonte

    Fonte has the Soundex code F530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fonte?
    1,631 people in the United States had the surname Fonte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,298 Americans. It ranked 17,331st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fonte?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Fonte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fonte getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,631 in 2010, up 6.5%.