How common is the surname Fountain?

20,193 people in the United States had the surname Fountain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,290 Americans. It ranked 1,774th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fountain?

Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete, followed by Pete Fountain.

Where is the surname Fountain most common?

Wikidata records people named Fountain in the United States.

Is the surname Fountain getting more or less common?

More common. 19,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,193 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Fountain

A place surname, carried by 20,193 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fountain is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

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

Fountain is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,193 people named Fountain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,290 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,094.

#1,774

rank among US surnames

20,193

people in 2010

6.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,720)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,765	Keenan	20,353	15,170
#1,766	North	20,343	15,177
#1,767	Dasilva	20,338	15,181
#1,768	Ledesma	20,311	15,201
#1,769	Messer	20,306	15,205
#1,770	Root	20,284	15,221
#1,772	Hackett	20,278	15,226

Who is named Fountain

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

62% of people named Fountain identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fountains

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hyleas Fountain
American heptathlete, born 1981
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930–2016)
Ben Fountain
American writer, born 1958
Lawrence H. Fountain
American politician (1913-2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fountain

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

Questions

Where does the surname Fountain come from?: Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.
How common is the surname Fountain?: 20,193 people in the United States had the surname Fountain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,290 Americans. It ranked 1,774th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fountain?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Fountain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fountain?: Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete, followed by Pete Fountain.
Where is the surname Fountain most common?: Wikidata records people named Fountain in the United States.
What type of surname is Fountain?: Fountain is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Fountain getting more or less common?: More common. 19,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,193 in 2010, up 5.8%.