The Fontanella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 512 people carried this name — #42,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 508 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fontanella surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From fontanella, diminutive of fontana (“fountain”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fontanella» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 654 people named Fontanella 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 84 people named Fontanella.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Fontanella live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
In print
Fontanella in American newspapers,
1883–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 912 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fontanella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joan Pere Fontanella 1575–1649 · politician -
Marie des Anges 1661–1717 · nun -
Luigi Fontanella 1943– · writer -
Benet Fontanella 1575–1627 · politician
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Girolamo Fontanella 1605–1644 · writer
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Francesc Fontanella 1622–1681 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 26 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fontanella.
- 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
- Fontane 165 · 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
- Fonti 315 · U.S. census
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