The surname Fontenot
A French surname, carried by 20,035 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex F535
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French Fontenot.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 20,035 people named Fontenot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,410 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,203.
Who is named Fontenot
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Fontenot identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 19%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Famous Fontenots
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Mike FontenotAmerican baseball player, born 1980
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Fontenot
Fontenot has the Soundex code F535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F535.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Fontenot come from?
- Borrowed from French Fontenot.
- How common is the surname Fontenot?
- 20,035 people in the United States had the surname Fontenot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,410 Americans. It ranked 1,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Fontenot?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Fontenot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Fontenot?
- Mike Fontenot, American baseball player.
- Where is the surname Fontenot most common?
- Wikidata records people named Fontenot in the United States.
- Is the surname Fontenot getting more or less common?
- More common. 19,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,035 in 2010, up 4.3%.