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The Fontaine surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,901 people carried this name — #3,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,542 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 24,775 people named Fontaine.

497 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 105 départements, most often La Réunion.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 497
La Réunion 3,026
Pas-de-Calais 2,148
Nord 2,145
Paris 1,880
Seine-Maritime 1,296
Ille-et-Vilaine 1,034
Aisne 780
Manche 768

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 4,713 people named Fontaine 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 Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 1,783
Liège 896
Namur 561
Brussels-Capital 377
Walloon Brabant 347
Luxembourg Province 324
Flemish Brabant 181
East Flanders 86

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

599 people named Fontaine live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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Where they live today

Geneva 190
Vaud 140
Fribourg 130
Valais 47
Neuchâtel 43
Bern 21
Zurich 12
Basel-Stadt 7

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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 184 people named Fontaine 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 82
Buenos Aires Province 77
City of Buenos Aires 25

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

In print

Fontaine in American newspapers,
1894–1941.

Newspaper page from The North Platte Tribune carrying the name Fontaine
The North Platte Tribune 1894-11-28
Newspaper page from The Holt County Sentinel carrying the name Fontaine
The Holt County Sentinel 1901-12-27
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-Herald carrying the name Fontaine
The Birmingham Age-Herald 1913-03-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 127,385 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fontaine,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Bernard Fontaine
    Paul Bernard Fontaine 1576–1643 · military personnel
  • Charles-Nicolas Taffoureau de Fontaine
    Charles-Nicolas Taffoureau de Fontaine 1655–1708 · Catholic priest
  • Francis de La Fontaine
    Francis de La Fontaine 1672–1767 · playwright
  • Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine
    Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine 1706–1799 · writer
  • Charles-Aloyse Fontaine
    Charles-Aloyse Fontaine 1754–1834 · pedagogue

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 212 lives in all are documented under this name.

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