# Fountain (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fountain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A topographic surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,193 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,774 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,290 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (19,094 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fountain 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fountain in the United States.

## People named Fountain

- Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
- Pete Fountain, American clarinetist (1930–2016)
- Ben Fountain, American writer
- Lawrence H. Fountain, American politician (1913-2002)

## Similar surnames

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