# Fontenot (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fontenot/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,035 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,792 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,410 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (19,203 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Fontenot.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fontenot 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fontenot in the United States.

## People named Fontenot

- Mike Fontenot, American baseball player

## Similar surnames

Fenton, Fontaine, Fontana, Fontanez, Fontanilla, Fountain, Fountaine, 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.