The Fontan surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 607 people carried this name — #35,153 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,171 people named Fontan.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
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
47 people named Fontan live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fontan.
- Fondeur 168 · U.S. census
- Fonrose 123 · U.S. census
- Fons 528 · U.S. census
- Fonseca 19,513 · U.S. census
- Font 1,692 · U.S. census
- Fontaine 11,542 · U.S. census
- Fontana 7,525 · U.S. census
- Fontane 196 · U.S. census
- Fontanella 508 · U.S. census
- Fontanelli 105 · U.S. census
- Fontanini 169 · U.S. census
- Fonte 1,532 · U.S. census
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