The Fonck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 133 people carried this name — #128,249 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 117 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 224 people named Fonck live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 203 people named Fonck.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Fonck,
with a public archive behind them.
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René Fonck 1894–1953 · politician -
Jan Fonck d. 1585 · diplomat
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Francisco Fonck 1830–1912 · physician
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Leopold Fonck 1865–1930 · theologian
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August Fonck 1868–1935 · colonial administrator
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Heinrich Fonck 1869–1933 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fonck.
- Follin 487 · U.S. census
- Follo 284 · U.S. census
- Folly 142 · U.S. census
- Folmer 641 · U.S. census
- Foltz 8,714 · U.S. census
- Folz 1,015 · U.S. census
- Fond 104 · U.S. census
- Fonder 588 · U.S. census
- Fondeur 259 · U.S. census
- Fonrose 210 · U.S. census
- Fons 513 · U.S. census
- Fonseca 25,863 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Fonck is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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