The Font surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,138 people carried this name — #14,070 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 26% from 1,692 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,847 people named Font 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,245 people named Font.
360 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Font live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Font,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joan Font i Vidal 1811–1885 · painter -
Felip Font Trullàs 1819–1889 · lawyer -
Margarida Font d. 1619
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Margarida Font d. 1627
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Segimon Font i de Milans 1721–1796 · military personnel
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Pere Font 1737–1781 · missionary
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Font.
- 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
- Fontaine 11,901 · U.S. census
- Fontan 659 · U.S. census
- Fontana 7,685 · U.S. census
- Fontane 165 · U.S. census
- Fontanella 512 · U.S. census
- Fontanelli 114 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Font is.
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