How common is the surname Fountaine?

1,332 people in the United States had the surname Fountaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. It ranked 20,065th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fountaine?

Margaret Fountaine, British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist (1862 - 1940).

Where is the surname Fountaine most common?

Wikidata records people named Fountaine in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Fountaine getting more or less common?

More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,332 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Fountaine

A surname, carried by 1,332 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). Fountaine is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,332 people named Fountaine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,308.

#20,065

rank among US surnames

1,332

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,057	Verna	1,333	231,617
#20,065	Khatib	1,332	231,791

Who is named Fountaine

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

70% of people named Fountaine identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fountaines

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Fountaine
British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist (1862 - 1940)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fountaine

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

Questions

How common is the surname Fountaine?: 1,332 people in the United States had the surname Fountaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. It ranked 20,065th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fountaine?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Fountaine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fountaine?: Margaret Fountaine, British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist (1862 - 1940).
Where is the surname Fountaine most common?: Wikidata records people named Fountaine in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Fountaine getting more or less common?: More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,332 in 2010, up 1.8%.