The Delafuente surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,996 people carried this name — #5,021 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted. That is up 31% from 5,324 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Delafuente surname

Literally, “of the fountain”.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «de la Fuente» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 96 people named Delafuente live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 55
Buenos Aires Province 16
Córdoba 15
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Delafuente in American newspapers,
1913–1929.

Newspaper page from St. Croix Avis carrying the name Delafuente
St. Croix Avis 1913-07-30
Newspaper page from Nogales Daily Herald carrying the name Delafuente
Nogales Daily Herald 1918-08-24
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Delafuente
The Washington Daily News 1929-01-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Delafuente,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States395 records

395 records of the Delafuente name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 338
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 18
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 17
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose Delafuente

    Born 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Dallas; office clerk from Cameron County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Martin De La Fuente

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1887, died 1974; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria Delafuente

    Born 1895 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Maverick County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 395 records for Delafuente in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands487 records

487 records of the Delafuente name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 278
  • Dutch population registers 209
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Emanuel Henriques de la Fuente

    Married in 1897 in Amsterdam; diamond cutter. Died 1942 in in de omgeving van Oswiecim, Poland, aged 72.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Rebecca de la Fuente

    In the population register of Giethoorn; nanny, born 1915 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Gemeente Steenwijkerland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Emanuel de Lafuente

    Died 1812 in Helder, aged 25.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 487 records for Delafuente in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France52 records

52 records of the Delafuente name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Delafuente

    Born 1918 in Spain; died 1995 in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jose-Antonio Frederic Delafuente

    Born 1951 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire); died 1989 in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Eric Delafuente

    Born 1967 in Toulouse; died 1991 in Fenouillet (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 52 records for Delafuente in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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