The Fontane surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 165 people carried this name — #107,669 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 16% from 196 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 116 people named Fontane.
Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Gard.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Fontane,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Henri Fontane 1796–1867 · pharmacist -
Emilie Fontane 1798–1869 -
Theodor Fontane 1819–1898 · writer -
Marius Fontane 1838–1914 · writer -
Pierre Barthélemy Fontane 1757–1826 · secretary
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Jacques Fontane 1765–1833 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fontane.
- Fons 513 · U.S. census
- Fonseca 25,863 · U.S. census
- Font 2,138 · U.S. census
- Fontaine 11,901 · U.S. census
- Fontan 659 · U.S. census
- Fontana 7,685 · U.S. census
- Fontanella 512 · U.S. census
- Fontanelli 114 · U.S. census
- Fontanini 190 · U.S. census
- Fonte 1,631 · U.S. census
- Fontenelle 359 · U.S. census
- Fontes 4,478 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Fontane is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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