# Lafontaine (surname)

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

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,652 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,964 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 84,541 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (3,497 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Lafontaine.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lafontaine 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 13% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lafontaine in Belgium and the United States.

## People named Lafontaine

- Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)
- Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (1940-2008)
- Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player
- Léonie La Fontaine, Belgian feminist and pacifist (1857–1949)
- Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Belgian artist (born 1950)

## Similar surnames

Lafountain, Lapointe, Labonte, Lafond, Lavender, Lapoint, Leventhal, Labounty.

## 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.