Fantin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fantin surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 305 people carried this name — #61,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted.

Free to read. No account, no sign-up.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 567 people named Fantin.

110 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Drôme.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 110
Drôme 40
Savoie 33
Paris 28
Lot-et-Garonne 27
Rhône 26
Guadeloupe 26
Isère 25
Nord 21

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

52 people named Fantin live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Ticino 10
Vaud 8
Aargau 5
Bern 4
Lucerne 4
Geneva 3
Neuchâtel 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Fantin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

Scroll to Top