Fontanini surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fontanini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 190 people carried this name — #95,955 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 12% from 169 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 788 people named Fontanini 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 289
Santa Fe 276
Córdoba 111
Buenos Aires Province 82
City of Buenos Aires 20
Río Negro 10

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 94 people named Fontanini.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Bouches-du-Rhône 34
Tarn-et-Garonne 10
Alpes-Maritimes 10
Corsica 5
Lot-et-Garonne 3
Nord 2
Manche 2
Gers 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Fontanini live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 12
Ticino 9
Aargau 5
Vaud 3

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 Fontanini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giusto Fontanini
    Giusto Fontanini 1666–1736 · writer
  • Benedetto Fontanini 1495–1556 · monk
  • Carlo Fontanini 1766–1848 · Catholic priest
  • Pietro Fontanini 1952– · politician
  • Roberto Fontanini 1962– · association football player
  • Fabricio Fontanini 1990– · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Fontanini.

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