The surname Fuentes
A Spanish surname, carried by 81,006 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F532
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Fuentes.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 81,006 people named Fuentes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,811 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 56,441.
Who is named Fuentes
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Fuentes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Fuentes
Fuentes has the Soundex code F532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F532.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Fuentes come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Fuentes.
- How common is the surname Fuentes?
- 81,006 people in the United States had the surname Fuentes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,811 Americans. It ranked 394th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Fuentes?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fuentes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Fuentes getting more or less common?
- More common. 56,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 81,006 in 2010, up 44%.